Comedy ·Crime · Japan · 1991 · 1h 51m

Playtime Never Ends

遊びの時間は終らない

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Director
Sadaaki Haginiwa
Cast
Masahiro Motoki as Hirata Renji Ishibashi as Top of Police Branch Tadashi Nishikawa as Mami Ito as Nagare Hagiwara as Local TV Producer Haruhiko Saito as Old Detective
Crew
Hiroshi Takase — Director of Photography Kan Takagi — Original Music Composer Hiroshi Saito — Screenplay Kunihiko Toi — Novel Masahiko Yoshida — Producer Yoshihiro Yūki — Producer
Synopsis

A serious-minded policeman plays the role of robber in a police training operation against bank robberies. He's so good his fellow policemen can't catch him. TV networks begin to broadcast the operation nationwide. TV audiences are amused and root for the runaway robber and police grows desperate to arrest him to save their face. However the robber remains at large.

Mood & Themes
based on novel or book
Key Collaborators
Sadaaki Haginiwa Director Hiroshi Takase Director of Photography Kan Takagi Original Music Composer Hiroshi Saito Screenplay Kunihiko Toi Novel Masahiko Yoshida Producer Yoshihiro Yūki Producer Iwao Saitô Production Design
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