The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (星くず兄弟の伝説, Hoshikuzu kyôdai no densetsu), is a 1985 Japanese musical comedy film written, edited, and directed by Makoto Tezuka. It is based upon original music written by Haruo Chicada.[2]
Plot
Following their performances, rival musicians, punk rocker Kan (Kan Takagi) of London Boots, and new-wave artist Shingo (Shingo Kubota) of Super Cars, are scouted by Atomic music producer Minami (Kiyohiko Ozaki), who offers a large sum of money to sign them. He states that he can make them both stars within a week, however, they must perform as a duo. Despite not being able to stand each other, they accept the offer, ditching both their bands, as they are transformed into the synth-pop duo, Stardust Brothers. They find themselves quickly rise to stardom, soon having a number one song on the charts, as well as commercial success. Alongside them, Marimo (Kyôko Togawa), their number one fan and president of their fan club, also dreams of becoming an idol but finds difficulty due to the sexist entertainment industry.
At the height of their stardom, the duo starts becoming more reckless and hedonistic, causing concern to the company as they wish to promote artists with cleaner images to the public. When Shingo doesn't turn up to a performance on time, Marimo performs a song in order to entertain the crowd, to their delight. Her song ends up being a big hit with the audience, and she too finds herself rising to stardom, although not contractually tied to the company as she is a woman.
Minami is later approached and offered a large sum of money to promote another artist, Kaoru (Issay), the son of an influential politician. Soon, Kan and Shingo find themselves losing their fame, and are fired from the company, eventually leading to their downfall. Kaoru sets his sights on Marimo, as he plans to create a scandal between them in order to get the public talking, thus heighten his fame. Kan and Shingo both decide to continue performing, aiming to gain fame without anybody's influence, and Marimo agrees to join them. Kaoru and his goons chase them down, which eventually leads to the death of Minami, shot by Kaoru.
Back to the present day, Kan and Shingo are still performing as the Stardust Brothers, but have fallen far from fame, as they perform to an uninterested crowd. They also get shot and die, causing the crowd to applaud them for the first time all night.
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