A film adaptation (funded by Ken Togo) based on an expose book by a person involved in the Japanese entertainment industry of the time. The book describes among other things the drug-fueled parties, orgies of the entertainment business and what some celebrities like Johnny Kitagawa among others were allegedly up to in their free time. Basically giving an open-book about the secrets of the entertainment-world. The film adapts and portrays some of the shocking scenes of this book, focussing more on the gay-aspect of the expose.
Unfortunately the movie Sea of Vanity is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Masayoshi Nogami | Director |
Production | Ken Togoh | Producer |
Directing | Hirohisa Sasaki | Assistant Director |
Writing | Nanae Shimada | Screenplay |
Writing | Shinji Hoshi | Original Story |
Camera | Hideo Itō | Director of Photography |
Directing | Tadafumi Tomioka | Assistant Director |
Directing | Hitoshi Ishikawa | Assistant Director |
Lighting | Hajime Ishibe | Lighting Technician |