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Kofuku no Alibi: Picture

Kofuku no Alibi: Picture

Genres

Comedy

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Stories depicting ordinary people revolving around ceremonial occasions. Without knowing that the funeral is for a yakuza member, an undertaker holds the funeral service. Relatives bicker over the deceased's last will. A son insists on wearing a long jacket normally worn by bousouzoku biker gang to a coming of age ceremony. His parents try to stop him. A husband heads over to his pregnant wife. She got pregnant before they got married and his father-in-law is angry at him. A freeter man challenges a professional baseball player over a woman.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

114 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

18 November 2016

Country

Japan

Cast

Kiichi Nakai

Kiichi Nakai

Toshiro Yanagiba

Toshiro Yanagiba

Yasuo Daichi

Yasuo Daichi

Yōsuke Asari

Yōsuke Asari

Shigenori Yamazaki

Shigenori Yamazaki

Haruka Kinami

Haruka Kinami

Dai Watanabe

Dai Watanabe

Jiro Sato

Jiro Sato

Tae Kimura

Tae Kimura

Ayumi Tanida

Ayumi Tanida

Tadashi Sakata

Tadashi Sakata

Masaomi Hiraga

Masaomi Hiraga

Yuriko Ono

Yuriko Ono

Meikyo Yamada

Meikyo Yamada

Reiya Masaki

Reiya Masaki

Nana Seino

Nana Seino

Noriko Iriyama

Noriko Iriyama

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