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Summary
Abandoned by his mother, Kenji scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs, including driving bar hostesses and their customers home. Besides this, he cares for the sister of an incarcerated friend and a young illegal immigrant. Eventually, his life reaches a turning point.
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 66GoodWatch 67
Letterboxd · 709 ratings3.6/5
IMDb6.8
Audience score58%
Running time
2 h 16 min
Longer than most dramas, +27 min on the typical 109
typical 109136Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
2007
September 8, 2007
19 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
and 11 more15 people
- Tadanobu AsanoKenji Shiraishi
- Eri IshidaChiyoko Mamiya
- Aoi MiyazakiKozue Tamura
- Yuka ItayaSaeko Shiina
- Katsuo NakamuraShigeki Mamiya
- Kengo KoraYusuke Mamiya
- Joe OdagiriGoto
- Kosuke ToyoharaKawashima
Yoichiro SaitoAkihiko
Kyusaku ShimadaSone
Yūsuke KawazuKijima
Maho ToyotaMakimura
Ken MitsuishiShigeo
Kaori TsujiYuri Matsumura- SAShinji AzegamiAchun
Directing · 2
- Shinji Aoyama Director, Novel, Screenplay
- Fumio Nomoto Assistant Director
Production · 1
- Naoki Kai Producer
Camera · 1
- Masaki Tamura Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Yūji Ōshige Editor
Sound · 2
- Hiroyuki Nagashima Original Music Composer
- Nobuyuki Kikuchi Sound
Art · 1
- Tsuyoshi Shimizu Production Design
Lighting · 1
- Yuki Nakamura Gaffer
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