Comedy · Japan · 2017 · 1h 54m

The Stand-In Thief

泥棒役者

The Stand-In Thief poster
Director
Masafumi Nishida
Cast
Ryuhei Maruyama as Hajime Onuki Masachika Ichimura as Shuntaro Maezono Yusuke Santamaria as Ryosuke Todoroki Anna Ishibashi as Eriko Oku Mitsuki Takahata as Misa Fujioka Miyagawa Daisuke as Norio Hatakeyama
Crew
Daisuke Soma — Director of Photography Mototaka Kusakabe — Editor Koji Endo — Original Music Composer Masafumi Nishida — Screenplay Shigeyuki Komatsu — Producer Toshihisa Ohata — Producer
Synopsis

Hajime Onuki (Ryuhei Maruyama) was a thief, but he now works as a welder and lives happily with his girlfriend. Hajime Onuki is threatened by a former partner in crime. He forces Hajime Onuki to break into the mansion of a picture book writer to steal. He is caught by others while in the act, but they keep mistaking him for someone else. Hajime desperately keeps up the ruse to not get caught.

Trailer The Stand-In Thief — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
mistaken identitythief
Key Collaborators
Masafumi Nishida Director Daisuke Soma Director of Photography Mototaka Kusakabe Editor Koji Endo Original Music Composer Masafumi Nishida Screenplay Shigeyuki Komatsu Producer Toshihisa Ohata Producer Kei Itsutsuji Production Design
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