Rent The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (1985)
3.6 of 5 from 55 ratings
1h 40min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
"The Legend of the Stardust Brothers" descended to earth from the brains of director Macoto Tezka, then a 22-year-old film student, and musician and TV star Haruo Chicada, who had just made a concept album about a fake band called the Stardust Brothers. Together, they would join brainwaves to produce a 'Phantom of the Paradise' - inspired feature-length comedy set to the album. Two rival bandleaders - the punk Kan (Kan Takagi) and the new wave Shingo (Shingo Kubota) - are fused into a synth-pop duo by a shady record promoter with the stare of a Bond villain and the grease of a casino manager. The odd couple climb the charts alongside their fan club manager, a former groupie with star aspirations of her own. Together they soar into the stratosphere, dodging laser-beams and robots like they're in a futuristic Hard Day's Night, cozying up with white girls and snorting coke from kiddie pools like a Rolling Stone. But the higher the climb, the steeper the fall, especially as the film starts ripping the record industry for its soul-sucking exploitation, its conversion of joy into briefcases of cash, and its susceptibility to government interference. - Actors:
- Shingo Kubota, Kan Takagi, Kyôko Togawa, Issay, Kiyohiko Ozaki, Mie Akatsuka, Motoko Arai, Haruo Chikada, Koichi Ekura, Evelyn, Miwako Fukushima, Hiroko Hasegawa, Tohru Hasegawa, Jin Homma, Masatô Ibu, Kaoruko Igarashi, Shinichi Ikeda, Ikoshin, Megumi Imai, Mitsutoshi Ishigami
- Directors:
- Macoto Tezuka
- Producers:
- Katsunori Haruta, Takashige Ichise, Katsuichi Takagi
- Writers:
- Macoto Tezuka
- Aka:
- Hoshikuzu kyôdai no densetsu
- Studio:
- Third Window Films
- Genres:
- Comedy, Music & Musicals
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 17/02/2020
- Run Time:
- 100 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- Colour and B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New Interview with Director Macoto Tezka
- Original Making Of
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