Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003)
A man is trying to flee from his past, and he ends up in an underworld filled with strange characters. He finds a job skewering meat in a dirty old room in a shabby old house filled with prostitutes, gangsters and a weird old tattoo master. He clearly doesn't fit in to this new world, and the inhabitants of it immediately despise him.
Director: Genjiro Arato
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Shinobu Terajima as Aya |
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Shima Onishi as Yoichi Ikushima |
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Michiyo Yasuda as Kishida Seiko |
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Yuya Uchida as Eyebrows |
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Hirofumi Arai as Rhino |
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Akaji Maro as Triangular Eyes |
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Hideko Okiyama as Princess Tsuji |
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Nao Omori as Work |
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Kensaku Watanabe as Sanpakugan |
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Michio Akiyama as Hemorrhoids Turtle |
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Hidekazu Akai as New World |
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Ōmiya Ichi as Sanada |
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Shungicu Uchida as Prostitute |
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Takato Enokida as Shinpei |
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Moeko Ezawa as Prostitute |
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Motomi Makiguchi as Pilgrimage to My Father |
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Sachiko Uesugi as Mother's Pilgrimage |
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Yoshiyuki Morishita as Grandpa |
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Kiyobumi Kaneko as Yamane |
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Kohaku Omura as Sleeping Cat |
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Hinoo Emori as Pinoe |
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Kazuhiro Moriyama as Boy |
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Yûya Takayama as Lynching Man |
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Takeda Ichigo as Laborer |
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Taninaka Zengoro as The Man Who Died Suddenly |
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Hisashi Kozono as Acala Hisashi |
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Hiroyuki Kojima as Momotaro |
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Shuichi Kandou as Prostitute |
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Michiko Iwai as Souvenir Shop Clerk |
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Haruo Tsujimoto as The Iron Plate Restaurant Owner |
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Masataka Sakiyama as Butcher's Father |
| Directing | Genjiro Arato | Director |
| Writing | Chōkitsu Kurumatani | Novel |
| Production | Akitoshi Kawazu | Producer |
| Production | Tomiyasu Ishikawa | Producer |
| Production | Osamu Murayama | Producer |
| Production | Hidehito Tachibana | Producer |
| Production | Shinichiro Muraoka | Producer |
| Writing | Chōkitsu Kurumatani | Original Story |
| Writing | Toya Suzuki | Writer |
| Editing | Yoshiyuki Okuhara | Editor |
| Sound | Shūichi Chino | Original Music Composer |
| Lighting | Kenji Ishida | Lighting Design |
| Production | Kaizo Hayashi | Associate Producer |
| Production | Toshihiro Fukuhara | Associate Producer |
| Art | Hirokazu Kanakatsu | Art Direction |
| Art | Hirotaka Sasaki | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Kiyoshi Kakizawa | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Masatoshi Saito | Sound Effects |
| Lighting | Kenji Ishida | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Masae Miyamoto | Costume Designer |
| Sound | Naoko Asari | Songs |
| Production | Keiji Tajima | Production Manager |
| Directing | Hideaki Satô | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Eiko Yamatoya | Script Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Norio Ishii | Visual Effects |
| Camera | Norimichi Kasamatsu | Director of Photography |