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Lady Joker

Lady Joker

Genres

ThrillerCrimeDrama

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Men and women caught up in a downward spiral of corruption, discrimination, poverty and death are the focus of this detective-thriller/social-drama inspired by the unsolved 1984 kidnapping of a Japanese candy company president.

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Budget

$5000000

Revenue

$430625

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

121 mins

Rating

7.5/10

Release Date

11 December 2004

Country

Japan

Cast

Satoshi Tokushige

Satoshi Tokushige

Yuichiro Goda

Tetsuya Watari

Tetsuya Watari

Seizo Monoi

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Katsumi Ko

Ren Osugi

Ren Osugi

Junichi Nunokawa

Koji Kikkawa

Koji Kikkawa

Shuhei Handa

Haruhiko Kato

Haruhiko Kato

Yokichi Matsudo

Miho Kanno

Miho Kanno

Keiko Shiroyama

Jun Kunimura

Jun Kunimura

Satoru Hirase

Ittoku Kishibe

Ittoku Kishibe

Seiichi Shirai

Yutaka Matsushige

Yutaka Matsushige

Nishimura

Kyōzō Nagatsuka

Kyōzō Nagatsuka

Kyosuke Shiroyama

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