The Goodbye Girls

The Goodbye Girls

93 mins | Dec. 5, 1987

When 22-year-old Ikuko gets fired from her editing internship right before her college graduation instead of getting hired, she turns to her schoolteacher father for advice. Instead, he tells her, "I've decided to become a singer! Sort your own life out!" Confused, Ikuko gets on a boat to the town of Takarazuka, home of the musical industry, to see her classmate Mari. Mari introduces her to an accountant named Yoshie, and together the three of them move into a house they call "The Women's House: Die Fraulein".

The Goodbye Girls

93 mins | Dec. 5, 1987

The Goodbye Girls
When 22-year-old Ikuko gets fired from her editing internship right before her college graduation instead of getting hired, she turns to her schoolteacher father for advice. Instead, he tells her, "I've decided to become a singer! Sort your own life out!" Confused, Ikuko gets on a boat to the town of Takarazuka, home of the musical industry, to see her classmate Mari. Mari introduces her to an accountant named Yoshie, and together the three of them move into a house they call "The Women's House: Die Fraulein".
Producers
Original title 「さよなら」の女たち
Directors Kazuki Ōmori
Writers

Cast

Yuki Saito

as Ikuko Adachi

Komura Hiro

as Mari Kawano

Mayumi Asaka

as Aiko Kurebayashi

Riki Takeuchi

as Hiroyuki Ishibashi

Tatsuo Yamada

as Masashi Ikeda

Ryo Kinomoto

as Junpei Tokitou

Yousuke Saito

as Ryuuta Nishiyama

Shigeru Muroi

as Hanako Fukube

Seiji Matano

as Seigo Nakayama

Koichi Ueda

as Chouichi Ueda

Masashi Ishibashi

as Kingo Hanayashiki

Izumi Yukimura

as Yoshie Yamanouchi

Yôko Asaji

as Kiko Adachi

Masatō Ibu

as Toshio Adachi

Ryouta Saitou

as Shin Kurebayashi