Tezuka's Barbara backdrop

Tezuka's Barbara

2020·Mystery·1h 40m
7.1
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".
Directed by Makoto Tezuka
based on manga

Cast

Goro Inagaki
Goro Inagaki
Yosuke Mikura
Fumi Nikaido
Fumi Nikaido
Barbara
Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Hiroyuki Yotsuya
Shizuka Ishibashi
Shizuka Ishibashi
Kanako Kai
Minami
Minami
Shigako Satomi
Moemi Katayama
Moemi Katayama
Maname Sugata
Eri Watanabe
Eri Watanabe
Mnemosyne
Ryosuke Otani
Ryosuke Otani
Gonpachiro Satomi
Issay
Issay
Kazunari Shitou
Masaki Naito
Masaki Naito
Driver
Kozo Sato
Kozo Sato
Yoshiyuki Matsuyama

Crew

Makoto Tezuka
Makoto Tezuka
Director
Ichiko Hashimoto
Ichiko Hashimoto
Original Music Composer
Makoto Tezuka
Makoto Tezuka
Editor
Christopher Doyle
Christopher Doyle
Director of Photography
Osamu Tezuka
Osamu Tezuka
Comic Book
Jacek Wiśniewski
Jacek Wiśniewski
Foley Artist

Popular Reviews

1 review
Theo
Theo
Tezuka's Barbara
A completely surreal yet stunning film exploring art, obsession & many more ideas. I find this one hard to rate, as I can easily see myself giving this a much higher rating on rewatch. There are many elements to this film, and a truly disturbing final act that is excellently built up too, showing a slow decent into alcoholism/insanity from the main protagonist, who is seemingly only driven by the strange character of Barbara, who completely captivated him. 

Overall, one which I believe would benefit a rewatch so I can really pay attention to previous details/elements I may have missed. Even still, this is an extremely interesting slow-burn of a film that is very unique. I could see people saying this is a masterpiece even, and I may agree once I’ve really thought about it and perhaps watch again.
A completely surreal yet stunning film exploring art, obsession & many more ideas. I find this one hard to rate, as I can easily see myself giving this a much higher rating on rewatch. There are many elements to this film, and a truly disturbing final act that is excellently built up too, showing a slow decent into alcoholism/insanity from the main protagonist, who is seemingly only driven by the strange character of Barbara, who completely captivated him. 

Overall, one which I believe would benefit a rewatch so I can really pay attention to previous details/elements I may have missed. Even still, this is an extremely interesting slow-burn of a film that is very unique. I could see people saying this is a masterpiece even, and I may agree once I’ve really thought about it and perhaps watch again.
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