A True Record: The Last Sōkaiya (2001)
A sharp exposé of Japan’s dark underworld!!
2001 · 1h 40m · Action, Drama
Genres: Action, Drama
Ōhara Ryūji (Riki Takeuchi) becomes unable to manage his life due to debts from baseball gambling. He goes to Tokyo, practically fleeing in the middle of the night, but his innate love of gambling doesn’t disappear, and he even lays his hands on the money at his workplace.
Director: Takeshi Watanabe
Writers: Hiroyuki Tsuji
Music by: Torsten Rasch
Cinematography: Shigeru Komatsubara
Editor: Yoshinori Ota
Cast
Riki Takeuchi as Ōhara RyūjiMansaku Fuwa as IzawaMao Shiina as KanaRyo Karato as Kamizono MamoruYuto Nakano as SakashitaDohei Donpei as MaruyamaHirotaro Honda as ShimabaraAtsushi Narasaka as KawasakiRyuji Yamamoto as Electric shop ownerTarō Suwa as MitsuhashiMasahiro Noguchi as Representative in charge of the Dainichi Transport shareholders’ meetingManzo Shinra as Sōkaiya (corporate extortionist)More like this
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