The Goodbye Girls

The Goodbye Girls

1987 · 93 min · ★ 10.0

When 22-year-old Ikuko gets fired from her editing internship right before her college graduation instead of getting hired, she turns to her schoolteacher father for advice. Instead, he tells her, "I've decided to become a singer! Sort your own life out!" Confused, Ikuko gets on a boat to the town of Takarazuka, home of the musical industry, to see her classmate Mari. Mari introduces her to an accountant named Yoshie, and together the three of them move into a house they call "The Women's House: Die Fraulein".

Directed by Kazuki Ōmori · Written by Kazuki Ōmori

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Yuki Saito Ikuko Adachi
Hiro Komura Mari Kawano
Mayumi Asaka Aiko Kurebayashi
Riki Takeuchi Hiroyuki Ishibashi
Tatsuo Yamada Masashi Ikeda
Ryô Kinomoto Junpei Tokitou
Yousuke Saito Ryuuta Nishiyama
Shigeru Muroi Hanako Fukube
Seiji Matano Seigo Nakayama
Koichi Ueda Chouichi Ueda
Masashi Ishibashi Kingo Hanayashiki
Izumi Yukimura Yoshie Yamanouchi

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