Kill Bill Volume 2 Review: A Worthy Sequel With Hidden Depths
I highly recommend Kill Bill: Volume 2. In classic Tarantino fashion, specific sections of the film are a tad too long, but overall, it’s a wonderful piece of escapist fiction.
A True Record: The Last Sōkaiya
Ōhara Ryūji (Riki Takeuchi) becomes unable to manage his life due to debts from baseball gambling. He goes to Tokyo, practically fleeing in the middle of the night, but his innate love of gambling doesn’t disappear, and he even lays his hands on the money at his workplace. At that time, someone suggests that he should become a sōkaiya. In order to repay his debts, he begins training to become one. Then, he starts to search for the true path of a sōkaiya…
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Ōhara Ryūji (Riki Takeuchi) becomes unable to manage his life due to debts from baseball gambling. He goes to Tokyo, practically fleeing in the middle of the night, but his innate love of gambling doesn’t disappear, and he even lays his hands on the money at his workplace. At that time, someone suggests that he should become a sōkaiya. In order to repay his debts, he begins training to become one. Then, he starts to search for the true path of a sōkaiya…
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Genre:Action, Drama
Written By:Hiroyuki Tsuji
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Runtime:100 minutes
Studio:Museum
Cast
Takeshi Watanabe
Director
Riki Takeuchi
Ōhara Ryūji
Mansaku Fuwa
Izawa
Mao Shiina
Kana
Ryo Karato
Kamizono Mamoru
Yuto Nakano
Sakashita
Dohei Donpei
Maruyama
Hirotaro Honda
Shimabara
Atsushi Narasaka
Kawasaki
Ryuji Yamamoto
Electric shop owner
Tarō Suwa
Mitsuhashi
Masahiro Noguchi
Representative in charge of the Dainichi Transport shareholders’ meeting
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