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Smuggler
Smuggler

Smuggler

Body bags pay the bills

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ActionComedyDrama

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To pay off his loan shark, failed actor Ryōsuke Kinuta is forced to smuggle dead bodies – and one live elite assassin – in the middle of the night.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

114 mins

Rating

6.4/10

Release Date

22 October 2011

Country

Japan

Cast

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Ryōsuke Kinuta

Masatoshi Nagase

Masatoshi Nagase

Joe

Yasuko Matsuyuki

Yasuko Matsuyuki

Yuki Yamaoka

Hikari Mitsushima

Hikari Mitsushima

Chiharu Tanuma

Masanobu Ando

Masanobu Ando

Spine

Tsuyoshi Abe

Tsuyoshi Abe

Bukutadashi Kabashi

Tatsuya Gashûin

Tatsuya Gashûin

Jijii

Fumiyo Kohinata

Fumiyo Kohinata

Kenji Nishio

Masahiro Takashima

Masahiro Takashima

Kawashima Seiji

Ryushin Tei

Ryushin Tei

Naizô

Hitoshi Kiyokawa

Hitoshi Kiyokawa

Takahashi Yoshiharu

Yôhachi Shimada

Yôhachi Shimada

Tanuma

Shota Matsuda

Shota Matsuda

Cop #2

Ren Osugi

Ren Osugi

Cop #1

Susumu Terajima

Susumu Terajima

Joe's friend

Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda

Aloha man

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Tomoya Maeno

Tomoya Maeno

Donpei Tsuchihira

Donpei Tsuchihira

Ryuji Yamamoto

Ryuji Yamamoto

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