Thriller ·Crime ·Drama · Japan · 2004 · 2h 1m

Lady Joker

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Director

Cast

Satoshi Tokushige as Yuichiro Goda Tetsuya Watari as Seizo Monoi Mitsuru Fukikoshi as Katsumi Ko Ren Osugi as Junichi Nunokawa Koji Kikkawa as Shuhei Handa Haruhiko Kato as Yokichi Matsudo

Crew

Kōzō Shibazaki — Director of Photography Goro Yasukawa — Original Music Composer Kaoru Takamura — Writer Wishing Chong — Writer

Synopsis

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.

Trailer

Official Trailer youtube.com

Mood & Themes

corruption based on novel or book kidnapping based on true story social commentary poverty discrimination class system unsolved crime

Key Collaborators

Hideyuki Hirayama Director Kōzō Shibazaki Director of Photography Goro Yasukawa Original Music Composer Kaoru Takamura Writer Wishing Chong Writer

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