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Doppelganger
Doppelganger

Doppelganger

What if your worst nightmare… turned out to be you?

Genres

ComedyScience FictionThriller

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Shortly after hearing from a colleague about a woman whose brother committed suicide after seeing his doppelgänger, a Japanese engineer on the verge of a breakthrough in medical technology is confronted by his own.

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Budget

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Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

107 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

27 September 2003

Country

Japan

Cast

Koji Yakusho

Koji Yakusho

Michio Hayasaki

Hiromi Nagasaku

Hiromi Nagasaku

Yuka

Yusuke Santamaria

Yusuke Santamaria

Kimishima

Masahiro Toda

Masahiro Toda

Aoki

Hitomi Sato

Hitomi Sato

Takano

Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto

Murakami

Hajime Inoue

Hajime Inoue

Dankan

Dankan

Medicom Industrial Employee

Motoo Kawabata

Motoo Kawabata

Eisuke Suzuki

Eisuke Suzuki

Takashi Nagai

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