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Nishi Ginza Station Directed by Shohei Imamura Written by Shohei Imamura Starring Frank Nagai
Masahiko Shimazu
Hisano YamaokaMusic by Toshirô Mayuzumi Cinematography Kumenobu Fujioka Distributed by Nikkatsu Corporation Release date(s) 1958 Running time 52 min. Language Japanese Nishi Ginza Station (西銀座駅前 Nishi Ginza ekimae) is a 1958 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura. This was Imamura's second film as director.
Plot
This short comedy concerns the extramarital affair of a drugstore owner. It is based on a popular song by the star of the film, Frank Nagai.
1958 Japanese album cover for Nishi Ginza Station by Frank Nagai (right) and Warehouse No. 3 by Yuri Asakura gramophone record.
See also
External links
Films directed by Shōhei Imamura Stolen Desire (1958) · Nishi Ginza Station (1958) · Endless Desire (1958) · My Second Brother (1959) · Pigs and Battleships (1961) · The Insect Woman (1963) · Unholy Desire (1964) · The Pornographers (1966) · A Man Vanishes (1967) · The Profound Desire of the Gods (1968) · History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess (1970) · Karayuki-san, the Making of a Prostitute (1975) · Vengeance Is Mine (1979) · Eijanaika (1981) · The Ballad of Narayama (1983) · Zegen (1987) · Black Rain (1989) · The Eel (1998) · Dr. Akagi (1998) · Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001) · 11'9"01 September 11 (2002)
Categories:- Japanese-language films
- Films directed by Shohei Imamura
- 1958 films
- Japanese films
- Nikkatsu films
- 1950s Japanese film stubs
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