A True Record: The Last Sōkaiya (2001)
Ōhara Ryūji (Riki Takeuchi) becomes unable to manage his life due to debts from baseball gambling. He goes to Tokyo, practically fleeing in the middle of the night, but his innate love of gambling doesn’t disappear, and he even lays his hands on the money at his workplace. At that time, someone suggests that he should become a sōkaiya. In order to repay his debts, he begins training to become one. Then, he starts to search for the true path of a sōkaiya…
Director: Takeshi Watanabe
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Riki Takeuchi as Ōhara Ryūji |
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Mansaku Fuwa as Izawa |
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Mao Shiina as Kana |
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Ryo Karato as Kamizono Mamoru |
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Yuto Nakano as Sakashita |
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Dohei Donpei as Maruyama |
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Hirotaro Honda as Shimabara |
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Atsushi Narasaka as Kawasaki |
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Ryuji Yamamoto as Electric shop owner |
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Tarō Suwa as Mitsuhashi |
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Masahiro Noguchi as Representative in charge of the Dainichi Transport shareholders’ meeting |
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Manzo Shinra as Sōkaiya (corporate extortionist) |
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Yūken Yoshida as Sōkaiya (Shirabara’s aide) |
| Directing | Takeshi Watanabe | Director |
| Production | Hitoshi Nakajima | Producer |
| Production | Seiichi Ono | Executive Producer |
| Production | Naoki Abe | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Eiji Ōshita | Original Story |
| Writing | Hiroyuki Tsuji | Writer |
| Camera | Shigeru Komatsubara | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Torsten Rasch | Original Music Composer |
| Lighting | Koichi Murasawa | Lighting Director |
| Art | Chiharu Hashimoto | Art Direction |
| Art | Chiharu Hashimoto | Production Design |
| Editing | Yoshinori Ota | Editor |
| Sound | Kenji Shibasaki | Sound Effects |
| Directing | Hideyuki Yamamoto | Assistant Director |
| Production | Katsuji Higashi | Production Manager |
| Directing | Hidefumi Inaba | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Kenichi Kondo | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Ryota Hamano | Camera Technician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yuko Takamori | Makeup & Hair |
