# Kagero-za (1981)

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**Original title**: *陽炎座*
**Runtime**: 140 min
**Genres**: Romance, Drama, Mystery
**Directed by**: Seijun Suzuki
**Written by**: Yōzō Tanaka
**Starring**: Yūsaku Matsuda, Michiyo Yasuda, Eriko Kusuta, Yoshio Harada, Mariko Kaga, Katsuo Nakamura

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Oiran districts at twilight, cicadas screaming through paper screens.

A man chasing inspiration stumbles into silk and shadow with a woman who wears the dead woman’s scent. Mirrors smoke when she turns.

Seijun Suzuki folds kabuki ghosts into jazz age gloss.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, surreal, tender

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