Smuggler (2011)

Smuggler is a Japanese movie directed by Katsuhito Ishii and based on a manga by Shohei Manabe. It was released by Warner Bros. in Japan on October 22, 2011.

Movie info

Original title: スマグラー
Release date: October 22, 2011
Directed by: Katsuhito Ishii
Written by: Katsuhito Ishii (screenplay)
Masatoshi Yamaguchi (screenplay)
Kensuke Yamamoto (screenplay)
Shohei Manabe (manga)

Region 1 NTSC DVD (English subtitles)
Label: Funimation (US)
Out: Apr 1, 2014
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Plot

Satoshi Tsumabuki stars as a young man named Ryosuke who, frustrated with fruitlessly chasing his dream of becoming an actor, takes a part-time job at a pachinko parlor. He soon racks up a massive debt and is forced to take a lucrative smuggling job, which leads to even more trouble.

As it turns out, the smuggling job consists of disposing of corpses to earn 50,000 yen per successful “delivery”. Unfortunately for Ryosuke, his involvement puts him at odds with both sides of an escalating gang war.

Featured Cast

Actor		Role
	Satoshi Tsumabuki	Ryosuke Kinuta
	Masatoshi Nagase	Joe (Jō Hanazono)
	Tatsuya Gashuin	Jijii (Masako Tsukada)
	Yasuko Matsuyuki	Yuki Yamaoka
	Masanobu Ando	Spine
	Ryushin Tei	Naizo
	Tsuyoshi Abe	Huy Chan
	Hikari Mitsushima	Chiharu Tanuma
	Masahiro Takashima	Seiji Kawashima
	Fumiyo Kohinata	Kenji Nishio
	Hitoshi Kiyokawa	Yoshiharu Takahashi
	Yohachi Shimada	Haruji Kodama
	Shota Matsuda	Cop
	Ren Osugi	Cop
	Kanji Tsuda	Aloha man
	Susumu Terajima	Joe's friend
	Yoshiyuki Morishita	Convenience store clerk

Latest news

Cast revealed for Katsuhito Ishii’s live-action “Smuggler”

Back on October 25th, a live-action film adaptation of Shohei Manabe’s manga Smuggler was announced in Kodansha’s Afternoon magazine. Earlier today, further details were revealed. The film...

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