The Dancer

(1989)

★ 6.4 IMDb · 5 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1989

Runtime: 123 мин

Country: Germany, Japan

Director: 篠田正浩

Cast: 郷ひろみ, Lisa Wolf, Brigitte Grothum, Харуко Като, Mareike Carrière, Christoph Eichhorn, 益岡徹, Сиро Сано, 角野卓造, Рольф Хоппе

Plot

Against the backdrop of late 19th-century Berlin, Toyotaro Ota, a young Japanese uni student studying in Germany, meets and falls in love with 16-year-old local dancer Elise. Their unconventional affair and subsequent cohabitation stir up a massive scandal that threatens his reputation, eventually reaching the ears of officials in Japan.