The Japanese Belly Button

Helen’s confession stunt sounds like a nervy party game until the rehearsal doubles as the performance. Her troupe stages a public stumbling toward fluency that collapses into farce. A freewheeling fable where stage fright and stagecraft refuse to stay in their boxes.

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Eizō Sugawa directed The Japanese Belly Button in 1977. See Eizō Sugawa's full filmography, where to start with Eizō Sugawa, or where to go after you've seen everything by Eizō Sugawa.

The Japanese Belly Button was released in 1977 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 102 minutes.