Kasei Yakyoku (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Nightsong of Splendor
Nightsong of Splendor
華星夜曲 (Japanese)
Genres: drama, romance
Themes: historical, yakuza
Plot Summary: Tokyo. 1923. The Itto brothers try to build their lives in the middle of the modern city, despite their ties to the Yakuza. Akiko Hasho, a rich young woman, takes an interest in the handsome Takao Ito, alias Taka - but so does her maid, Sara Uchida. As time passes, everything gets complicated... and then, tragedy ensues.
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Seen in part or in whole by 21 users, rank: #8303 (of 10273)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.846 (Good), std. dev.: 0.3608, rank: #4780 (of 10452)
Weighted mean: 6.902 (Good), rank: #4411 (of 10452) (seen all: 6.89 / seen some: 7.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.187 (Good+), rank: #2738 (of 7861)
Running time: 30 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 4
Vintage: 1989-03-25 to 1989-09-25
Opening Theme:
"Ima wa Sérénade" (今はセレナーデ) by Kae Okamura
Ending Theme:
"Ima wa Sérénade" (今はセレナーデ) by Kae Okamura
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Osamu Dezaki
Screenplay: Toshiaki Imaizumi
Storyboard: Osamu Dezaki
Original creator: Makiko Hirata
Character Design: Akio Sugino
Art Director:
Shichirō Kobayashi (ep 1)
Toshiharu Mizutani (ep 4)
Yukio Abe (eps 2-3)
Animation Director: Akio Sugino
Sound Director: Etsuji Yamada
Director of Photography:
Hirokata Takahashi
Taizo Matsuzaki
Executive producer: Tatsumi Yamashita
Animation: Akio Sugino
Assistant producer:
Kyōko Ōgushi
Yukio Kikukawa
Color Coordination: Emi Yoshida
Finish Check:
Emiko Ōyama (ep 2)
Hiroko Itō (ep 2)
Kanae Aoshima (ep 2)
Shinichirō Kuze (ep 2)
Yoshie Aizawa (ep 2)
Finish Chief: Yūko Nishikawa (ep 2)
In-Between Check:
Kenji Mizuhata (ep 2)
Nobuyasu Murakami (ep 2)
Shigeharu Sekiguchi (ep 2)
Key Animation:
Ami Tomobuki (ep 2)
Hiroki Abe (ep 2)
Hiroshi Uchida (eps 1-4)
Kazuko Maejima (ep 2)
Kazumi Yasei (ep 2)
Kenichi Tsuchiya (eps 1-4)
Mamoru Sasaki (eps 1-4)
Masahiro Andō (eps 1-4)
Michiko Noda (eps 1-2)
Motoki Yagi (eps 1-4)
Toshiaki Kanbara (ep 2)
Toyomi Sugiyama (ep 2)
Music Selection: Seiji Suzuki
Original Music Composition: Camille Saint-Saëns (Danse Macabre Op.40; ep 2)
Production manager: Toshiyuki Morii
Recording Adjustment: Toshiaki Hoshino
Sound Effects: Masakazu Yokoyama
Theme Song Performance: Kae Okamura
Hiroko Suzuki as Sara Uchida
Nachi Nozawa as Taka (Takao Itō)
Reiko Mutoh as Akiko Hashō

Kōji Tsujitani as Saburō
Kumiko Hironaka as Sara's Mother (ep 1)
Mizuka Arima as Sara's Mother (eps 2-4)
Osamu Saka as Nikichi Hanai (eps 2-3)
Seiko Tomoe as Marchioness Hashō
Shinji Ogawa as Kiyokuni Saionji
Toshihiko Seki as Junichirō Uchida
Yuzuru Fujimoto as Boss Hamanaka (ep 3)

Akio Ōtsuka as Yakuza A (ep 4)
Eizō Tsuda as Doctor (ep 4)
Hōchū Ōtsuka as Yakuza B (ep 2)
Ken Yamaguchi as Yakuza C (ep 3)
Kinryū Arimoto as Marquess Hashō (ep 4)
Kōichi Yamadera as Yakuza A (ep 1)
Masaru Ikeda as Marquess Hashō (ep 1)
Masashi Hirose as Yakuza B (ep 4)
Mina Nakayama as Waitress (ep 4)
Minoru Inaba as Yakuza A (ep 2)
Naomi Terajima as Someko (ep 2)
Rei Sakuma as Nami Hamanaka (ep 3)
Reiko Yamada as Hanatsuya Brothel Madam (ep 2)
Seiko Nakano as Bistro Mama (ep 2)
Shigeru Ushiyama as Yakuza B (ep 2)
Takehiro Koyama as Yakuza C (ep 2)
Yoshiko Nozaki as Waitress (ep 4)
Yukiko Gotō as Yumeko (ep 2)
Yutaka Shimaka as
Detective (ep 4)
Sutekichi (ep 3)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Magic Bus
Backgrounds:
Breakfast (ep 3)
Kobayashi Production (ep 1)
Production ai (ep 2)
Studio Aqua (ep 2)
Studio CATS (ep 2)
Studio Fuga (ep 4)
Studio Jack (ep 2)
Studio Loft (ep 3)
Studio WHO (ep 2)
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Finish Animation:
AIC (ep 1)
Dongyang Animation (eps 2-4)
Han il Animation (eps 1-4)
Modern Art (eps 1-4)
Shima Studio (ep 4)
Studio Egg (ep 4)
Studio OZ (ep 4)
In-Between Animation:
Han il Animation (eps 1-4)
Modern Art (eps 1-4)
Studio Liberty (ep 1)
Studio Mu (ep 1)
Studio Outside (ep 1)
Studio Z5 (ep 1)
Takahashi Studio (ep 2)
Photography: Takahashi Production (eps 1-4)
Production: Tokuma Japan
Production Cooperation: Dew Co, Ltd.
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