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The Magic Hour
Genres
Comedy
Overview
A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman — an assassin the hustler has no idea how to contact. Instead, he hires an actor to play the role, though the thespian has no idea what he's getting into.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
136 min
Release Date
2008-06-07
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
39
Vote Average
7.6
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Koichi Sato
Taiki Murata
Satoshi Tsumabuki
Bingo
Eri Fukatsu
Mari Takachiho
Haruka Ayase
Natsuko Shikama
Toshiyuki Nishida
Teshio
Yoshimasa Kondo
Konno
Yuki Amami
Woman in Mourning Dress
Kenji Anan
Nojima
Kazuyuki Asano
Dr. Shimizu
Hyōe Enoki
Abesan
Keisuke Horibe
Bambi
Ennosuke Ichikawa
Turtle
Kon Ichikawa
Film Director
Manjiro Ichimura
Sugawara
Teruyuki Kagawa
Jun
Zen Kajihara
Mr. Nishi
Toshiaki Karasawa
Abeshi
Fumiyo Kohinata
Kenjuro Hasegawa
Masahiro Komoto
Ota
Kiichi Nakai
Toru Iwata
Kyoka Suzuki
Sayoko
Yasufumi Terawaki
Wanchai Bhandarkar
Keiko Toda
Madame Ranko
Shinichi Yanagisawa
Takase Makoto
Susumu Terajima
Hiromi Kurokawa
Shosuke Tanihara
Niko
Koji Yamamoto
Grumbling Man
Gorō Ibuki
Takashi Shikama
Shingo Katori
Tadano Kenji
Tatsuhito Okuda
Doctor
Takaya Sakoda
Assistant Director
Takehiko Ono
Baba
Yasukiyo Umeno
Mamoru
Nahoko Yoshimoto
Miki
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