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Smuggler (2011)

Body bags pay the bills

Genre : Action, Comedy, Drama

Runtime : 1H 54M

Director : Katsuhito Ishii
Writer : Katsuhito Ishii, Masatoshi Yamaguchi, Kensuke Yamamoto

Synopsis

To pay off his loan shark, failed actor Ryōsuke Kinuta is forced to smuggle dead bodies – and one live elite assassin – in the middle of the night.

Actors

Satoshi Tsumabuki
Satoshi Tsumabuki
Ryōsuke Kinuta
Masatoshi Nagase
Masatoshi Nagase
Joe
Yasuko Matsuyuki
Yasuko Matsuyuki
Yuki Yamaoka
Hikari Mitsushima
Hikari Mitsushima
Chiharu Tanuma
Masanobu Ando
Masanobu Ando
Spine
Tsuyoshi Abe
Tsuyoshi Abe
Bukutadashi Kabashi
Tatsuya Gashûin
Tatsuya Gashûin
Jijii
Fumiyo Kohinata
Fumiyo Kohinata
Kenji Nishio
Masahiro Takashima
Masahiro Takashima
Kawashima Seiji
Ryushin Tei
Ryushin Tei
Naizô
Hitoshi Kiyokawa
Hitoshi Kiyokawa
Takahashi Yoshiharu
Yôhachi Shimada
Yôhachi Shimada
Tanuma
Shota Matsuda
Shota Matsuda
Cop #2
Ren Osugi
Ren Osugi
Cop #1
Susumu Terajima
Susumu Terajima
Joe's friend
Kanji Tsuda
Kanji Tsuda
Aloha man
Yoshiyuki Morishita
Yoshiyuki Morishita
Tomoya Maeno
Tomoya Maeno
Donpei Tsuchihira
Donpei Tsuchihira
Ryuji Yamamoto
Ryuji Yamamoto

Crews

Katsuhito Ishii
Katsuhito Ishii
Director
Hiroshi Machida
Hiroshi Machida
Director of Photography
Katsuhito Ishii
Katsuhito Ishii
Screenplay
Shohei Manabe
Shohei Manabe
Comic Book
Superfly
Superfly
Theme Song Performance
Hideki Endo
Hideki Endo
Producer
Masatoshi Yamaguchi
Masatoshi Yamaguchi
Screenplay
Kensuke Yamamoto
Kensuke Yamamoto
Screenplay

Trailers and other movies

SMUGGLER trailer | Festival 2011

Posters and backgrounds

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