Tezuka's Barbara

Nov 20, 2020

1h 40m

★ 5.5

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

Overview

Barbara is an adult-orientated fantasy tale filled with love and the occult from Osamu Tezuka's reimagining of "The Tales of Hoffmann". Its story deals with the erotic and bizarre experiences of a famous novelist called Yosuke Mikura whose life is tossed upside down by a mysterious girl named "Barbara".

Genres

Mystery

Fantasy

Production Companies

Third Window Films

Rapid Eye Movies

Barbara Film Committee

Diversity Media

Neontetra

Tezuka Productions

The Post Republic

THEFOOL

Tezuka's Barbara Trailers

Cast

Yosuke Mikura

Goro Inagaki

Barbara

Fumi Nikaido

Hiroyuki Yotsuya

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Kanako Kai

Shizuka Ishibashi

Shigako Satomi

Minami

Maname Sugata

Moemi Katayama

Mnemosyne

Eri Watanabe

Gonpachiro Satomi

Ryosuke Otani

Kazunari Shitou

Issay

Club pimp

Gabriel Kei

Driver

Masaki Naito

Yoshiyuki Matsuyama

Kozo Sato

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