
03 Sep 2005

Nana
Two girls named Nana meet on a train to Tokyo. Nana K. aims to reunite with her boyfriend and Nana O. hopes to make it big in the music business. Despite their differences, the pair hit it off and become roommates.

In Spring 1969, 21-year-old Megumi Yoshizumi goes to Wakamatsu Production. The company makes films popular with young people. Pink film director Koji Wakamatsu gathers there with young talented people who are all fascinated with movie making. When they are not making movies, they spend their time smoking, drinking alcohol, scouting for actresses and looking for material for their next film. When filming begins, everybody immerses themselves into the production and will do everything on the filming set from running, shouting to acting.

Megumi Yoshizumi

Koji Wakamatsu

Masao Adachi

Michio Akiyama

Kazuo Komizu

Isao Okishima

Kenji Takama

Atsushi Yamatoya

Haruhiko Arai

Nagisa Oshima

Maeda's mama

Kinshiro Kuzui

Kapurikon master

Kazuo Komizu (Gaira)
Kenji Fukuma

Hiroshi Saitō
Hajime Isogai

Hideo Itō
Mieko Shinohara

03 Sep 2005

Two girls named Nana meet on a train to Tokyo. Nana K. aims to reunite with her boyfriend and Nana O. hopes to make it big in the music business. Despite their differences, the pair hit it off and become roommates.
10 Aug 1964
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