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Downtown Heroes is a film of genre Drama directed by Yōji Yamada released in USA on 23 september 1988 with Toshirō Yanagiba
Downtown Heroes (1988)
Dauntaun Hiirōzuダウンタウン・ヒーローズ
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Add to a movie listHope and Pain (ダウンタウン・ヒーローズ, Dauntaun Hiirōzu) is a 1988 Japanese film directed by Yoji Yamada. It was Japan's submission to the 61st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was also entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.
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Peu de temps après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, un groupe de lycéens, à l'orée de leur entrée à l'université, s'oppose aux conventions poussiéreuses et à l'ancestral ordre de l'enseignement traditionnel nippon. Durant cette difficile période, où règne souvent la disette, ils doivent franchir l'ardu cap qui les mène au monde adulte.Actors
Toshirō Yanagiba
(Onkel, Keigo Hinoki)
Hiroko Yakushimaru
(Fusako Nakahara)
Toshinori Omi
(Arles, Sadaichi Takai)
Tetta Sugimoto
(Gan, Iwao Ishido)
Eri Ishida
(Sakiko Taniguchi, Prostitute)
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