The Legend of the Stardust Brothers

The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (1985)

星くず兄弟の伝説

The crazy japanese cult musical you've never heard of!

A shady music mogul brings together two wannabe stars—punk rock rebel Kan and new-wave crooner Shingo—and transforms them into the Stardust Brothers, a girl-friendly, silver-jumpsuited, synth-pop sensation. Along with their #1 fan, who herself dreams of a music career, the duo rockets to stardom.

Date of release
1985-06-15
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (27)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Music, Comedy
Director
Makoto Tezuka

Casting

Interesting facts

The Legend of the Stardust Brothers, is a 1985 Japanese musical comedy film written, edited, and directed by Makoto Tezuka. It is based upon original music written by Haruo Chicada.

Production

The film is based on the 1980 concept album The Legend of The Stardust Brothers by musician Haruo Chicada. Chicada was inspired by the films Phantom of the Paradise and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and conceived of the album as the soundtrack for a non-existent musical film. Tezuka, with Chicada as producer, adapted the album into a film based upon the already written songs, as well as three new tracks based upon characters that Tezuka wrote.

The film was shot on Super 16mm, and blown up to 35mm for editing. The animated sequence was created by horror manga artist, Yōsuke Takahashi.

Jun Togawa, avant-garde pop singer and sister of Kyôko Togawa, makes a brief cameo as "Beautiful woman of Stardust car".

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