Aristide Bruant, Modigliani, and a countess walk into a cabaret. Chaos ensues.
At Montmartre, Paris in 1911, the cabaret Le Mirliton is tightly packed with an audience eager to hear Aristide Bruant sing. He is the proprietor of the cabaret and enjoys great popularity.
Acting
Female performers playing famously macho male artists—Takarazuka's signature otokoyaku magic.
Costume
Belle Époque Paris recreated with absurd, gorgeous excess.
Director
Masasumi Tani
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Takarazuka Revue is an all-female Japanese musical theatre troupe founded in 1913—making this 2004 film a centennial adjacent celebration of women playing romantic male leads (otokoyaku).
Aristide Bruant was a real cabaret owner who famously commissioned Toulouse-Lautrec posters; the film merges his actual biography with complete fictional romance arcs because Takarazuka gonna Takarazuka.
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