Action ·Comedy ·Crime · Japan · 2003 · 1h 19m

Hard Luck Hero

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Director
SABU
Cast
Masayuki Sakamoto as Tadashi Ikeyama Hiroshi Nagano as Kenta Kishimoto Yoshihiko Inohara as Naoto Ishii Go Morita as Kenji Fujita Ken Miyake as Yuji Kudo Junichi Okada as Takashi Akai
Crew
Masao Nakabori — Director of Photography Nobuyuki Ito — Editor Yasuhisa Murase — Original Music Composer SABU — Screenplay Koji Yoshizawa — Producer Satoru Ogura — Producer
Synopsis

The story of three pairs of characters involved one way or the other with the yakuza and a rigged boxing match and fleeing the thugs one way or the other. Filmed as a showcase of the Japanese boy band V6, Hard Luck Hero has food, drink, cars, kickboxing, debt, shooting, theft, blackmail and music.

Key Collaborators
SABU Director Masao Nakabori Director of Photography Nobuyuki Ito Editor Yasuhisa Murase Original Music Composer SABU Screenplay Koji Yoshizawa Producer Satoru Ogura Producer Masahiko Tan Producer Taro Nagamatsuya Producer Arishige Shimomura Producer
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