Tezuka's Barbara

Barbara is an adult-orientated fantasy tale filled with love and the occult from Osamu Tezuka's reimagining of "The Tales of Hoffmann". Its story deals with the erotic and bizarre experiences of a famous novelist called Yosuke Mikura whose life is tossed upside down by a mysterious girl named "Barbara".

Cast

Goro Inagaki

as Yosuke Mikura

Fumi Nikaido

as Barbara

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

as Hiroyuki Yotsuya

Shizuka Ishibashi

as Kanako Kai

Minami

as Shigako Satomi

Moemi Katayama

as Maname Sugata

Eri Watanabe

as Mnemosyne

Ryosuke Otani

as Gonpachiro Satomi

Issay

as Kazunari Shitou

Gabriel Kei

as Club pimp

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