The Apology King
Genres
Overview
Ryoro Kurojima (Sadao Abe) is the director of a Tokyo apology center. His job is to teach others how to apologize. Ryoro Kurojima solves problems by using his apology techniques on anything from simple arbitration to a national crisis.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
128 min
Release Date
2013-09-28
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
20
Vote Average
6.7
Sadawo Abe
Ryoro Kurojima
Mao Inoue
Noriko Kuramochi
Masaki Okada
Takuya Numata
Katsumi Takahashi
Tetsuro Nanbu
Yutaka Takenouchi
Masanomi Minoa
Machiko Ono
Office worker
Yasuko Matsuyuki
Tetsuro's ex-wife
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Gosaku Wada
Gaku Hamada
Wakubaru
Tokio Emoto
Assistant director
Toru Nomaguchi
Crown Prince of Empire Mantan
Ryo Iwamatsu
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Haruna Kawaguchi
Innocence type of actress
Rokkaku Seiji
Lawyer Takahata
Hideo Nakano
Ierou Komura
Mari Hamada
Shidare
Satoru Matsuo
Driver
Nobuyuki Suzuki
Erito
Kazushige Komatsu
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Hideyuki Kasahara
Nanbu's manager
Minami
Nami Minami
Sei Matobu
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Akira Shirai
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Kyūsaku Shimada
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Yasuhi Nakamura
Mantan's film director
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Matsu
Funaki
Takehiko Ono
Kunimatsu
Masane Tsukayama
old king of empire Mantan
Hidekazu Yasui
empire Mantan soldier
Tetsuhiro Ikeda
Misenaga
Ruka Wakabayashi
Tsutomu Funaki
Musashi Mochizuki
Mantan kingdom soldier
Ryuhei Watabe
sniper
Fukiko Hara
Yuki Kameda
Rinna Inoue
Noriko 3 sai
Hiroki Ôkawa
Nakineiri masuta
Shuhei Yoshinaga
Numa Taku joshi
Sanshō Shinsui
Numa Taku chichi
Kentaro Tamura
Gongododan ten'in Akaishi
Yuri Aikawa
Masayuki Mizuta
Jon Kabira
Mio Nakajima
Dream Ami
Hiroyuki Yamamoto
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