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The Magic Hour
The Magic Hour

The Magic Hour

Genres

Comedy

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

136 mins

Rating

7.6/10

Release Date

07 June 2008

Country

Japan

Cast

Koichi Sato

Koichi Sato

Taiki Murata

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Bingo

Eri Fukatsu

Eri Fukatsu

Mari Takachiho

Haruka Ayase

Haruka Ayase

Natsuko Shikama

Toshiyuki Nishida

Toshiyuki Nishida

Teshio

Yoshimasa Kondo

Yoshimasa Kondo

Konno

Yuki Amami

Yuki Amami

Woman in Mourning Dress

Kenji Anan

Kenji Anan

Nojima

Kazuyuki Asano

Kazuyuki Asano

Dr. Shimizu

Hyōe Enoki

Hyōe Enoki

Abesan

Keisuke Horibe

Keisuke Horibe

Bambi

Ennosuke Ichikawa

Ennosuke Ichikawa

Turtle

Kon Ichikawa

Kon Ichikawa

Film Director

Manjiro Ichimura

Manjiro Ichimura

Sugawara

Teruyuki Kagawa

Teruyuki Kagawa

Jun

Zen Kajihara

Zen Kajihara

Mr. Nishi

Toshiaki Karasawa

Toshiaki Karasawa

Abeshi

Fumiyo Kohinata

Fumiyo Kohinata

Kenjuro Hasegawa

Masahiro Koumoto

Masahiro Koumoto

Ota

Kiichi Nakai

Kiichi Nakai

Toru Iwata

Kyoka Suzuki

Kyoka Suzuki

Sayoko

Yasufumi Terawaki

Yasufumi Terawaki

Wanchai Bhandarkar

Keiko Toda

Keiko Toda

Madame Ranko

Shinichi Yanagisawa

Shinichi Yanagisawa

Takase Makoto

Susumu Terajima

Susumu Terajima

Hiromi Kurokawa

Shosuke Tanihara

Shosuke Tanihara

Niko

Koji Yamamoto

Koji Yamamoto

Grumbling Man

Gorō Ibuki

Gorō Ibuki

Takashi Shikama

Shingo Katori

Shingo Katori

Tadano Kenji

Tatsuhito Okuda

Tatsuhito Okuda

Doctor

Takaya Sakoda

Takaya Sakoda

Assistant Director

Takehiko Ono

Takehiko Ono

Baba

Yasukiyo Umeno

Yasukiyo Umeno

Mamoru

Nahoko Yoshimoto

Nahoko Yoshimoto

Miki

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