Ginza Midnight Story — Utopia (2000)
Japanese gangster drama set in the exclusive Ginza district of Tokyo, following Haruka (Atsuko Sakuraba), a young geisha who is attacked by an influential businessman who plans to abduct her. When she is rescued by the members of a club called 'Utopia', Haruka joins them and becomes a hostess, rapidly establishing herself as one of the most sought-after geisha's in Ginza. At the same time, Haruka learns of a plan by a corrupt, gangster-owned club to set itself up as a rival to Utopia. Such is her loyalty to the club that first helped her, she is willing to do anything to protect it.
- Date of release
- 2000-07-21
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- Hiroyuki Tsuji
Casting
- Atsuko Sakuraba
- Miyuki Kojima
- Wakaba Nakano
- Sakura Mano
- Yasukaze Motomiya
- Keiji Matsuda
- Ryuji Murakami
- Hisao Maki
- Jiro Okazaki
- Naoki Hongo
- Rei Okazaki
- Yasuaki Kurata
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