Hard Luck Hero (2003)
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.
Director:
SABU
Writer:
SABU
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Masayuki Sakamoto as Tadashi Ikeyama |
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Hiroshi Nagano as Kenta Kishimoto |
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Yoshihiko Inohara as Naoto Ishii |
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Go Morita as Kenji Fujita |
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Ken Miyake as Yuji Kudo |
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Junichi Okada as Takashi Akai |
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Sansei Shiomi as |
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Susumu Terajima as Yakuza |
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Arata Furuta as |
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Naomi Nishida as |
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Keisuke Horibe as |
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Yutaka Mishima as |
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Hiromi Kanaya as |
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Keiko Yokomachi as |
| Editing | Nobuyuki Ito | Editor |
| Directing | SABU | Director |
| Production | Satoru Ogura | Producer |
| Production | Masahiko Tan | Producer |
| Writing | SABU | Screenplay |
| Production | Taro Nagamatsuya | Producer |
| Production | Koji Yoshizawa | Producer |
| Production | Arishige Shimomura | Producer |
| Crew | Masao Nakabori | Cinematography |
| Sound | Yasuhisa Murase | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Masao Nakabori | Director of Photography |