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Phone Call to the Bar
Phone Call to the Bar

Phone Call to the Bar

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ActionDramaCrime

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In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with his driver Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) in his favourite bar. There he receives a phone call from a woman who identifies herself as Kyoko Kondo. The woman asks the detective to complete a simple task. The detective, having an excellent sense for danger, thinks the work is easy and accepts the case. The next day he begins the investigation.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

125 mins

Rating

7.2/10

Release Date

10 September 2011

Country

Japan

Cast

Yo Oizumi

Yo Oizumi

The Detective

Ryuhei Matsuda

Ryuhei Matsuda

Takada

Koyuki

Koyuki

Saori

Toshiyuki Nishida

Toshiyuki Nishida

Toshio Kirishima

Satomi Achiwa

Satomi Achiwa

Yasuko Taguchi

Tamae Ando

Tamae Ando

Mineko

Yoshiki Arizono

Yoshiki Arizono

Kohei Taguchi

Renji Ishibashi

Renji Ishibashi

Kyosuke Iwabuchi

Ryuji Katagiri

Ryuji Katagiri

Kajiwara-Gumi Kumichô

Shion Machida

Shion Machida

Kyoko Kondo

Carmen Maki

Carmen Maki

Maki

Yutaka Matsushige

Yutaka Matsushige

Aida

Yasukaze Motomiya

Yasukaze Motomiya

Mitsugu Iwabuchi

Ikuji Nakamura

Ikuji Nakamura

Minami

Kazuki Namioka

Kazuki Namioka

Sayama

Keiko Takeshita

Keiko Takeshita

Yuriko Kondo

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Megumi Kondo

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