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2000

Koroshi

Koroshi

殺し

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Release Date
November, 4th, 2000
Running Time
86 min
Genre
Drama , Feature
Color
Color
Screening Format
35mm,DVD
Screening Format with Subtitles
English French (35mm)

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[ Produced by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ Production Company ]

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[ Distributor (Japan) ]

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[ Production Studio ]

Monkey Town Productions

[ Story ]

A drama humorously depicting a laid off salaryman regaining his vitality as a hit man. Written and directed by Kobayashi Masahiro, the film was screened in the Directors' Fortnight of the 53rd Cannes Film Festival.
Three months ago Hamasaki (Ishibashi Ryo) was laid off from his job, but he does not admit this to his wife, Kazuko (Ohtsuka Nene), and has continued to pretend he goes for work everyday. One day, Hamasaki is approached by a "scout" for hit men, Ichihara (OGATA Ken), and though bewildered takes up Ichihara's offer to kill.

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2000 Cannes Film Festival, Director's Fortnight
2000 Moscow International Film Festival, competition
2000 Festival du Film Belfort

[ Contact (International) ]

MONKEY TOWN PRODUCTIONS
Rep: KOBAYASHI Masahiro
Attn: KOBAYASHI Naoko
E-mail: sarumachi@monkeytownproductions.com
http://www.monkeytownproductions.com

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Cast
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Cast
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Flic

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Director
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Cast
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Release Date
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