Shangri-La (2002)
Shangri-La follows the lives of a group of homeless people in Japan who run into a man who nearly commits suicide and decide to help him out of his financial troubles. Using their various ingenious resources they embark on a complex scheme to blackmail a crooked businessman, whose bankruptcy claim has put people out of work. It’s a fun romp as these seemingly homeless people manage to outsmart the very people who cast them from society.
Director:
Takashi Miike
Writer:
Masakuni Takahashi
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Show Aikawa as Village Headman |
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Shiro Sano as Kuwata |
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Yuu Tokui as Seisuke Umemoto |
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Midoriko Kimura as Fusae |
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Kogan Ashiya as Uehara |
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Akaji Maro as Ookura Nagashima |
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Takashi Ebata as Matsui |
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Yojin Hino as Takeda |
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Toshiki Ayata as Etô |
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Shigeru Muroi as Mari |
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Yûji Aoki as Attorney |
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Tsutomu Itô as |
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Miyako Kawahara as |
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Masumi Kiyota as |
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Kazuhiro Kuwata as |
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Shou Ohkura as Worker |
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Ayumu Saito as |
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Shintarô Takado as |
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Yuuji Tatsumi as |
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Houka Kinoshita as Umekawa |
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Nao Omori as |
| Directing | Takashi Miike | Director |
| Writing | Yûji Aoki | Novel |
| Writing | Masakuni Takahashi | Screenplay |
| Production | Yoichi Arishige | Producer |
| Production | Kazuhisa Kawaguchi | Other |
| Production | Shusaku Matsuoka | Producer |
| Production | Kazushi Miki | Producer |
| Production | Tsuneo Ochi | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ken Takeuchi | Other |
| Production | Motomu Tomita | Producer |
| Production | Tsutomu Tsuchikawa | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Koji Endo | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Yasushi Shimamura | Editor |
| Art | Akira Ishige | Production Design |
| Production | Katsuhiro Ogawa | Production Manager |
| Directing | Bunmei Katô | Other |
| Sound | Yoshiya Obara | Other |
| Sound | Kenji Shibasaki | Sound Effects Editor |
| Lighting | Akira Ono | Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Hideo Yamamoto | Director of Photography |