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Paper Lantern

19870.0 / 10100 min
Action, Drama

Overview

A new wave Yakuza film in which Takanori Jinnai plays a young Yakuza suffering from stomach cancer who has very little left to live. This film is based on the posthumous manuscript of Shoji Kaneko, the legendary director who died of cancer after completing work on the hit "Ryuji".

Cast

Takanori Jinnai

Takanori Jinnai

Eri Ishida

Eri Ishida

Yoshio Harada

Yoshio Harada

Mariko Kaga

Mariko Kaga

Takanobu Hozumi

Takanobu Hozumi

Nenji Kobayashi

Nenji Kobayashi

Takashi Naito

Takashi Naito

Taketoshi Naitō

Taketoshi Naitō

Saburo Tokito

Saburo Tokito

Masayuki Watanabe

Masayuki Watanabe

Kazuo Andō

Kazuo Andō

Eri Nitta

Eri Nitta

Crew

Goro Hanawa

Goro Hanawa

Screenplay

Evan Lurie

Evan Lurie

Original Music Composer

Shunichi Kajima

Shunichi Kajima

Director

Tatsuo Suzuki

Tatsuo Suzuki

Director of Photography

Shōji Kaneko

Shōji Kaneko

Novel

Tadayuki Kuwana

Tadayuki Kuwana

Art Direction