Wataru Kenmotsu — Playwright (8)

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Kenya Boy (1984) WikiData IMDb TMDB
少年ケニヤ
other title: Jungle Boy, Kenia / Shounen Keniya …
An 11-year-old boy who goes to Africa with his father in 1941. Because he is Japanese, the father is detained by the British. The boy joins up with a beautiful native girl, and the adventure begins.

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Curtain Call (1984) WikiData IMDb TMDB
愛情物語
other title: 愛情物語 / Aijō monogatari
Miho Nakamichi, an orphan adopted by Haruko, dreams to star in a musical. One day, Haruko promised Miho that she could go on a journey to find her real father, "Daddy-Long-Legs", who sends a bouquet of flowers every birthday, once she can wear a special pair of pointe shoes. The day finally arrives and Miho's small adventure begins.

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The Strange Pair (1988) IMDb TMDB
日本殉情伝 おかしなふたり ものくるほしきひとびとの群
other title: 日本殉情伝 おかしなふたり ものくるほしきひとびとの群
An unreliable narrator recounts the love story of a loan shark, his wife, and their recently released from jail childhood friend.

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I Are You, You Am Me (1982)
転校生
other title: La Nouvelle de la classe / 転校生 …
9th-graders Kazuo and Kazumi take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan. Through supernatural intervention, their minds and bodies are switched, and the result is a touching and hilarious coming-of-age comedy as they attempt to survive the pressures of junior high school life.

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Lonely heart (1985)
さびしんぼう
director: Nobuhiko Obayashi actor: 富田靖子 / 尾美利德 …
other title: 寂寞的人 / さびしんぼう …
Lonely and love-stricken high-school student Hiroki pursues a girl, but another one mysteriously appears in his life. Is she a figment of his psyche, or is she real?