GENRE: Fantasy / Mystery
RATING: NR
RUNNING TIME: 1:40
STARRING: Gorô Inagaki, Fumi Nikaidô, Kiyohiko Shibukawa
DIRECTOR: Macoto Tezuka
WRITER(S): Hisako Kurosawa
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Barbara is an adult-oriented fantasy tale filled with love and the occult, from Osamu Tezuka’s reimagining of “The Tales of Hoffmann.” The story deals with the erotic and bizarre experiences of a famous novelist called Yosuke Mikura whose life is turned upside down by a mysterious girl named Barbara. The controversial story, dealing with various taboos such as forbidden love, mystery, art, eros, scandal and occultism, was said to have been impossible to cinematize at the time of its original publication, but was made for the 90th Anniversary of Osamu Tezuka’s birth.