One-Way Ticket to Love

The backstage romances of an egotistical singer and his under-valued manager, a lovelorn bandman and a nude dancer.

Cast

Kazuya Kosaka

as Kenji Shirai

Noriko Maki

as Mitsuko Maki

Yachiyo Ōtori

as Eiko Yoshinaga

Masaaki Hirao

as Susumu Ueno

Hideaki Nagai

as Maruoka

Akio Satake

as Hideo Tajima

Keiko Hibino

as Hisako Tajima

Yuki Tominaga

Yôko Shibata

as Mari

Rō Ose

as Hotta

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