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Hope and Pain (希望と痛み, Kibō to Itami, lit. ダウンタウン・ヒーローズ, Dauntaun Hiirōzu) is a 1988 Japanese film directed by Yoji Yamada. It was Japan's submission to the 61st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.[1] It was also entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.[2]

Hope and Pain
DVD cover
Japanese	ダウンタウン・ヒーローズ
Directed by	Yoji Yamada
Starring	Hiroko Yakushimaru
Release date	1988 (1988)
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Cast

• Hiroko Yakushimaru as Fusako Nakahara
• Nakamura Hashinosuke III as Kosuke Shima
• Toshirō Yanagiba as Onkel, Keigo Hinoki
• Toshinori Omi as Arles, Sadaichi Takai
• Tetta Sugimoto as Gan, Iwao Ishido
• Shinobu Sakagami as Chopinski, Choichiro Saeki
• Eri Ishida as Sakiko Taniguchi, Prostitute
• Keiko Awaji as Coffee shop's madame
• Nakamura Shikan VII (Special appearance) as Kosuke today
• Chieko Baisho as Kosuke's Mother, Tamiko Shima
• Kiyoshi Atsumi as Havaosuke the dormitory cook

See also

• List of submissions to the 61st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

External links

• Dauntaun Hiirōzu at IMDb

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