Lie Lie Lie (1997)
Hatano is living as an insomniac freelance typesetter alone in his bayside apartment. One day, Aikawa, a high school classmate he hasn’t seen in over ten years, shows up on his doorstep bearing a bag of clams. Though he claims to be the director of a fast-growing trading company, Aikawa crashes on Hatano’s couch for days on end. When the sleeping pills he was offered produce a strange side effect, Hatano is slowly dragged into Aikawa’s con-artist lifestyle. Soon afterward, they cross paths with the representative of a big-name publishing company and Aikawa’s ultimate scam begins to unfold.
Director: Shun Nakahara
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Etsushi Toyokawa as Makoto Aikawa |
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Honami Suzuki as Misaki Ui |
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Koichi Sato as Zeiji Hatano |
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Hirotaro Honda as Kaito |
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Kazuyuki Aijima as |
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Miwako Kawai as Kiki Sendo |
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Masahiro Komoto as |
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Akaji Maro as Den |
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Tatsuo Matsumura as Seiichiro Hirasawa |
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Umejaku Nakamura as Mitani |
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Miki Sanjō as Mrs. Hirasawa |
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Koichi Ueda as Yocchan |
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Yûji Kôtari as Party Guest |
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Ryuji Yamamoto as Party Guest |
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Tomorowo Taguchi as Party Guest |
| Writing | Aki Itami | Writer |
| Production | Kosaburo Sasaoka | Producer |
| Production | Hiroshi Fujikura | Producer |
| Writing | Manabu Saruwata | Writer |
| Writing | Ramo Nakajima | Novel |
| Editing | Isao Tomita | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Masae Miyamoto | Costume Design |
| Production | Shin'ya Kawai | Executive Producer |
| Production | Makoto Ishihara | Producer |
| Production | Takashige Ichise | Producer |
| Directing | Shun Nakahara | Director |
| Art | Hisao Inagaki | Production Design |
| Camera | Junichi Fujisawa | Director of Photography |