Tokyo Lullaby

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Tokyo Lullaby
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Poster for Tokyo Lullaby.
東京夜曲
Directed by Jun Ichikawa
Written by Shinsuke Sato
Produced byTetsuo Satonaka
Starring Mitsuko Baisho
Kaori Momoi
Kyôzô Nagatsuka
CinematographyTatsuhiko Kobayashi
Music byKazuto Shimizu
Production
company
Release date
  • June 21, 1997 (1997-06-21)(Japan)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Tokyo Lullaby (東京夜曲) is a 1997 Japanese film directed by Jun Ichikawa.

Contents

Plot

Cast

Awards and nominations

22nd Hochi Film Award [1]

40th Blue Ribbon Awards

Kinema Junpo Awards

Mainichi Film Awards

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References

  1. 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2010-01-19.