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Bumpkin Soup (1985): Cast

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Bumpkin Soup is a 1985 music comedy directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, starring Toshiyuki Shimizu as Man with a Camera, Kenso Kato and Jûzô Itami. It runs 1 hour 20 minutes.

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Bumpkin Soup (1985) movie poster
Released
Runtime
1h 20m (80 min)
Director
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Genres
Music , Comedy
Original language
Japanese
After the credits
No No extra scene
The story

What Is Bumpkin Soup About?

The premise of Bumpkin Soup without spoilers.

A country girl travels to Tokyo hoping to find the college heartthrob she adored. While searching, she encounters a group of lecherous students, a psychology professor obsessed with uncovering a theory of shame, and Yoshioka, a student who has faded into obscurity on campus.

Bumpkin Soup Themes & Keywords

· 50 tags
  • sex
  • female topless nudity
  • female nudity
  • dark comedy
  • girl
  • camera shot of a woman's legs
  • leg
  • girl wearing a short skirt
  • miniskirt
  • romantic longing
  • ready for marriage
  • being ready for a child
+38 more
  • girl wears a short skirt
  • midiskirt
  • miniskirt with heels
  • shorthaired girl
  • jug
  • performance
  • tape recorder
  • surrealism
  • caught having sex
  • 1980s
  • man wears glasses
  • teenage boy
  • quest
  • election
  • listening to music
  • teenager
  • teenage girl
  • audio cassette
  • teenage sexuality
  • man wears sunglasses
  • high school student
  • audio recording
  • university student
  • reference to karl marx
  • eavesdropping
  • close up of eyes
  • seminar
  • camera shot of eyes
  • tokyo japan
  • 20th century
  • class
  • university professor
  • high school
  • university
  • f rated
  • peeping through a keyhole
  • teenage protagonist
  • posing for a photograph
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Cast & crew

Bumpkin Soup Cast & Characters

Toshiyuki Shimizu leads the cast as Man with a Camera, with Kenso Kato as Yoshioka and Jûzô Itami as Professor Hirayama. Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa; 25 actors are credited in all.

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From the director

More from Kiyoshi Kurosawa

More films directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, best-rated first: Tokyo Sonata, The Samurai and the Prisoner, To the Ends of the Earth and Cloud.

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Bumpkin Soup Also Known As

7 alternative titles, including “Do-re-mi-fa-musume no chi wa sawagu” and “The Excitement of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl”.

Also known as
  • Do-re-mi-fa-musume no chi wa sawagu
  • The Excitement of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl
  • 도레미파 소녀
  • 피가 끓는다
  • Малышка До-ре-ми-фа ещё вам покажет!
  • 女郎漫游仙境
  • 女郎漫遊仙境

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Bumpkin Soup FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date

Runtime, release date, director, cast, post-credit scenes and language of Bumpkin Soup, each answered in a sentence.

How long is Bumpkin Soup?

Bumpkin Soup runs 1 hour 20 minutes (80 minutes).

When was Bumpkin Soup released?

Bumpkin Soup was released on November 3, 1985.

Who directed Bumpkin Soup?

Bumpkin Soup was directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.

More films by Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Who is in the cast of Bumpkin Soup?

Bumpkin Soup stars Toshiyuki Shimizu as Man with a Camera, Kenso Kato as Yoshioka and Jûzô Itami as Professor Hirayama, among 25 credited actors.

Does Bumpkin Soup have a post-credit scene?

No. Bumpkin Soup has no extra scene during or after the credits.

What language is Bumpkin Soup in?

The original language of Bumpkin Soup is Japanese.

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