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Hope and Pain

1988 Japanese film

Hope and Pain
DVD cover

Japanese name
Kana	ダウンタウン・ヒーローズ

Directed by	Yoji Yamada
Screenplay by	Yoji Yamada Yoshitaka Asama
Based on	Downtown Heroes by Akira Hayasaka
Starring	Hiroko Yakushimaru
Music by	Teizo Matsumura
Release date	1988 (1988)
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Hope and Pain (希望と痛み, Kibō to Itami, lit. 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.^[1] It was also entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.^[2]

Cast

Hiroko Yakushimaru as Fusako Nakahara
Nakamura Hashinosuke III as Kosuke Shima
Toshirō Yanagiba as Onkel, Keigo Hinoki
Toshinori Omi as Arles, Sadaichi Takai
Tetta Sugimoto as Gan, Iwao Ishido
Shinobu Sakagami as Chopinski, Choichiro Saeki
Eri Ishida as Sakiko Taniguchi, Prostitute
Keiko Awaji as Coffee shop's madame
Nakamura Shikan VII (Special appearance) as Kosuke today
Chieko Baisho as Kosuke's Mother, Tamiko Shima
Kiyoshi Atsumi as Havaosuke the dormitory cook

References

^ "List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
^ "Berlinale: 1989 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-03-10.