By Rule of Crow's Thumb (2012)
Constantly on the run from a vicious loan shark, two small-time con artists, Take and Tetsu, plan their biggest and most complex con yet in order to get revenge and retire from a life of crime. However, things get complicated when they cross paths with Mahiro, a young woman that Take inadvertently orphaned during a job gone awry years ago. Seeing Mahiro down on her luck, Take tries to relieve his guilt by taking her on as a partner, while hiding his true identity. But as his plan unfolds, Take discovers that he isn't the only one with a secret.
Director:
Tadafumi Ito
Writer:
Tadafumi Ito
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Hiroshi Abe as Take |
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Satomi Ishihara as Yahiro |
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Shôji Murakami as Irikawa |
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Non as Mahiro |
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Yu Koyanagi as Kantaro |
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Shingo Tsurumi as Higuchi |
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Bengal as |
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Shigeyuki Totsugi as Tontontei restaurant manager |
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Takeshi Nadagi as Tontontei restaurant employee |
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Daimaou Kosaka as Nogami |
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Yusuke Santamaria as racetrack customer |
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Koichi Ueda as Higuchi's subordinate |
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Nao Okabe as |
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Kei Ishibashi as |
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Jiro Kagoshima as |
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Wakato Kanematsu as |
| Writing | Tadafumi Ito | Screenplay |
| Directing | Tadafumi Ito | Director |
| Writing | Shusuke Michio | Writer |
| Crew | Masakazu Oka | Cinematography |
| Production | Yui Tamae | Producer |
| Art | Takuma Sakai | Decorator |
| Directing | 桑島憲司 | Assistant Director |
| Art | Hiroshi Tanaka | Decorator |
| Sound | Akihiko Okase | Sound Effects |
| Production | Tomoo Fukatsu | Line Producer |
| Production | Shinjiro Nishimura | Associate Producer |
| Production | Manabu Shinoda | Associate Producer |
| Lighting | Shinichi Matsukuma | Gaffer |
| Sound | Hajime Suzuki | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Toru Wada | Music Producer |
| Sound | Yusuke Hayashi | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Masakazu Oka | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yuki Kato | Makeup & Hair |