# Tezuka's Barbara (2020)

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**Original title**: *ばるぼら*
**Runtime**: 100 min
**Genres**: Mystery, Fantasy
**Directed by**: Makoto Tezuka
**Written by**: Hisako Kurosawa
**Starring**: Goro Inagaki, Fumi Nikaido, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Shizuka Ishibashi, Minami, Moemi Katayama

> *Macoto Tezuka brings Osamu Tezuka's erotic manga to life through the lens of Christopher Doyle.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Rainy Tokyo streets at dusk a lone saxophone plays. A famous novelist's life unravels with a mysterious girl's arrival. Makoto Tezuka directs this surreal mystery.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, outsider, surreal

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