Hope and Pain

{{Infobox film

| name = Hope and Pain

| image = Hope and Pain cover.jpeg

| caption = DVD cover

| native_name = {{Infobox Japanese| kana = ダウンタウン・ヒーローズ}}

| director = Yoji Yamada

| producer =

| screenplay = Yoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama

| based_on = {{based on|Downtown Heroes|Akira Hayasaka}}

| starring = Hiroko Yakushimaru

| music = Teizo Matsumura

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| released = {{Film date|1988}}

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| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

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{{nihongo|Hope and Pain| 希望と痛み |Kibō to Itami|lit. ダウンタウン・ヒーローズ, Dauntaun Hiirōzu}} is a 1988 Japanese film directed by Yoji Yamada. It was Japan's submission to the 61st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.{{cite web|url=http://www.eiren.org/academy/data.html|title=List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|language=ja|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan|access-date=2008-06-22}} It was also entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1989/02_programm_1989/02_Programm_1989.html |title=Berlinale: 1989 Programme |access-date=2011-03-10 |work=berlinale.de}}