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Language: 
Japanese
Production country: 
Japan
Running time (In minutes): 
115
Theme: 
Japanese Films
Category/Format: 
Fiction Features
Student film: 
No
Poster: 
all star poster
Production year: 
July, 2011
Film Credits
About the Director: 

After directing TV commercials and short film, Ishii made his feature debut with “Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl” (1999), quickly followed with another box office hit “Party 7” (2000).Ishii continues creating short films including 3D and 2D animated ones. Also he joined the animation sequence of Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill Vol.1. His fourth feature film “The Taste of Tea” won Best Feature Film at Hawaii International Film Festival and was a selection of the Cannes Film Festival (Director’s Fortnight Section) in 2004.

Film director: 
Katsuhito Ishii
Cast 1: 
Satoshi Tsumabuki
Cast 2: 
Masatoshi Nagase
Cast 3: 
Yasuko Matsuyuki
Cast 4: 
Hikari Mitsushima
Cast 5: 
Masanobu Ando
Film synopsis: 
After it failed in actor’s dream, 25-year-old Kinuta does nothing but going to pachinko parlor every day. Deceived by a young hoodlum, he is even burdened with a large sum of debt. Kinuta starts a high paid job to carry “things” from the underworld for the debt repayment. The so-called “smuggler” job is to carry and dispose of dangerous things. One day, he is asked to carry a dead body… Now the outsider must face to a situation of live or death. “Don’t be buried in the undesirable everyday life and turn into the scum o the earth.” At the crucial moment in his life, the weakest hero Kinuta rises up and takes action. “You can’t just run away all the time!” Being surrounded by the impressive characters from underworld, Kinuta stands on his own feet at the very first time in his life and accomplish a miracle.
Budget
Budget Range: 
Over $1 Million
Technical infos
Technical infos
Original Film Format: 
35 mm
Film distribution
International: 
Open
Sales/distribution name: 
SDP, Inc.
Publicity Infos
Trailer availble: 
yes
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