Tezuka's Barbara

Yosuke is under pressure to succeed. His erotic fantasies toture him. He meets the mysterious and unconventional muse Barbara, who inspires him. Yosuke and Barbara meet as she is lying drunk on the side of the road. Following an impulse, he takes her to his home where he is quickly swept away by the whiskey-drinking, French poetry-reciting free spirit. TEZUKA'S BARBARA is an erotic fantasy story that negotiates themes of occultism, social norms, and Japanese politics and literature. "Director Macoto Tezuka illuminates the world of writer Yosuke in perfectly composed, highly aesthetic images by cinematographer Christopher Doyle ("In the Mood for Love" by Wong Kar-Wai)." (Kinofreund)

Keywords

  • Japanese Movies
  • Rapid Eye Movies
  • Rapid Eye Movies Asia
  • Storyline: Not just Sex
  • desire
  • erotic
  • literature
  • obsession
  • the edge

Actors

  • Goro Inagaki
  • Fumi Nikaido
  • Kiyohiko Shibukawa
  • Shizuka Ishibashi
  • Minami

Director

  • Makoto Tezuka

Love & Sex, Sci-Fi & Fantaisie


1h 40min


16 FSK

JA


DE

Germany
Japan
United Kingdom
2020
To mark the 90th birthday of the legendary manga artist Osamu Tezuka, his son filmed the live-action version of his Manga, 'Barbara'.

To mark the 90th birthday of the legendary manga artist Osamu Tezuka, his son filmed the live-action version of his Manga, 'Barbara'.


Yosuke is under pressure to succeed. His erotic fantasies toture him. He meets the mysterious and unconventional muse Barbara, who inspires him.


Yosuke and Barbara meet as she is lying drunk on the side of the road. Following an impulse, he takes her to his home where he is quickly swept away by the whiskey-drinking, French poetry-reciting free spirit.


TEZUKA'S BARBARA is an erotic fantasy story that negotiates themes of occultism, social norms, and Japanese politics and literature.


"Director Macoto Tezuka illuminates the world of writer Yosuke in perfectly composed, highly aesthetic images by cinematographer Christopher Doyle ("In the Mood for Love" by Wong Kar-Wai)." (Kinofreund)

Cast & Crew