Miss Osaka (2021)

Ines, who wants to change who she is and become someone else in order to cover up her insecurities. When she accompanies her boyfriend Lucas on a business trip to Norway, Ines meets a half-Japanese tourist, Maria, who instantly fascinates her. Suddenly Maria disappears, and Ines seizes the opportunity to replace her – she declares herself dead and travels to Japan in order to take over Maria's identity. There, she will get a job at Miss Osaka, the same nightclub where Maria used to work. A game of broken boundaries, lost identities and the dangerous balance between reality and the past has begun, and Ines must abide by the new rules by avoiding the more obscure paths.

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Top billed cast

Vic Carmen SonneInes
Mikkel Boe FølsgaardLucas
Mirai MoriyamaShigeru
Junko AbeAyano
Kaho MinamiMama-san
Nagisa MorimotoMaria
Erik Smith-MeyerInvestigator
Jørn Magnus KarlsenHotel guest
Steve RappJim Maria's Dad
Nori SatoHostess Yuka

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