The Goofball (1998)
Hisashi gets fired from his temp job due to his impulsiveness. One day he meets Chikako, a housewife who constantly shoplifts at the supermarket he regularly goes. He somehow agrees to help her to look for her run-away son, Masaru. Unfortunate to Hisashi, Masaru starts following his around instead of returning home, after he was found by Hisashi. Then they end up stealing a gun from a police officer! In their course of running away, the similar two who cannot adapt to society very well start to develop a mutual friendship…
Director:
Junji Sakamoto
Writers:
Junji Sakamoto, Ryo Tamura.
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Claude Maki as |
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Kazuma Suzuki as |
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Miki Sakajou as |
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Etsushi Toyokawa as |
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Ren Osugi as |
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Yoji Tanaka as |
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Hajime Yamaoka as |
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Shûji Ôtsuki as |
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Michiyo Yasuda as |
| Directing | Junji Sakamoto | Director |
| Writing | Junji Sakamoto | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ryo Tamura | Screenplay |
| Sound | Takayuki Inoue | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Masae Miyamoto | Costume Designer |