The Izu Dancer(1960)
Pure and short-lived love of an itinerant dancing girl and a boy student
Love story between a student and girl whose parents are itinerant entertainers. Set in Japan in the 1920's.
Movie: The Izu Dancer
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Kaoru
Mizuhara
Eikichi
Haberdasher
Tatsu
Yuriko
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Love story between a student and girl whose parents are itinerant entertainers. Set in Japan in the 1920's.
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1960-05-13
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Pure and short-lived love of an itinerant dancing girl and a boy student
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