Hope and Pain

Hope and Pain
Hope and Pain
	DVD cover
Japanese name
Kana	ダウンタウン・ヒーローズ
Directed by	Yoji Yamada
Screenplay by	Yoji Yamada; Yoshitaka Asama
Based on	Downtown Heroes; by Akira Hayasaka
Produced by	Kogi Tanaka; Shigehiro Nakagawa;
Starring	Hiroko Yakushimaru; Hashinosuke Nakamura III [ja]; Toshirō Yanagiba; Toshinori Omi; Tetta Sugimoto;
Cinematography	Tetsuo Takaha
Edited by	Iwao Ishii
Music by	Teizo Matsumura
Production; company	Shochiku
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	August 6, 1988 (Japan);
Running time	120 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥810 million

Hope and Pain (Japanese: 希望と痛み, Hepburn: Kibō to Itami), also known as Downtown Heroes (Japanese: ダウンタウン・ヒーローズ, Hepburn: Dauntaun Hiirōzu), is a 1988 Japanese drama film directed by Yoji Yamada. It was Japan's submission to the 61st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[2] It was also entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.^[3]

Kanaダウンタウン・ヒーローズ

Screenplay byYoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama

Based onDowntown Heroes
by Akira Hayasaka

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Hope and Pain
DVD cover

Japanese name
Kana	ダウンタウン・ヒーローズ

Directed by	Yoji Yamada
Screenplay by	Yoji Yamada Yoshitaka Asama
Based on	Downtown Heroes by Akira Hayasaka
Produced by	Kogi Tanaka Shigehiro Nakagawa
Starring	Hiroko Yakushimaru Hashinosuke Nakamura III [ja] Toshirō Yanagiba Toshinori Omi Tetta Sugimoto
Cinematography	Tetsuo Takaha
Edited by	Iwao Ishii
Music by	Teizo Matsumura
Production company	Shochiku
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	August 6, 1988 (1988-08-06) (Japan)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥810 million^[1]