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The Scarred Man
Yuko Kusaka is a Japanese journalist sent to Brazil to do a report on the gold rush phenomenon that seems to be making many people rich from night to day. Rumors say that among the many "garimpeiros" (gold diggers) currently on the Amazon forest, there is a Japanese known as Rio Baraki. Reaching their destination, her crew member is promptly attacked and she is raped as a warning to stop their work and return immediately to their home country. Determined to do her job, she stays and finds out from the attacker that he is none other than Baraki, a white haired muscular man with a large scar on his back. Later she discovers that his real name is Keisuke Ibaraki. Once a promising quarterback, he ended up falsely incriminated by a powerful organization known as GPX.
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Yuko Kusaka is a Japanese journalist sent to Brazil to do a report on the gold rush phenomenon that seems to be making many people rich from night to day. Rumors say that among the many "garimpeiros" (gold diggers) currently on the Amazon forest, there is a Japanese known as Rio Baraki. Reaching their destination, her crew member is promptly attacked and she is raped as a warning to stop their work and return immediately to their home country. Determined to do her job, she stays and finds out from the attacker that he is none other than Baraki, a white haired muscular man with a large scar on his back. Later she discovers that his real name is Keisuke Ibaraki. Once a promising quarterback, he ended up falsely incriminated by a powerful organization known as GPX.
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Genre:Drama, Adventure, Animation
Written By:Kazumi Koide
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Runtime:175 minutes
Studio:Magic Bus
Cast
Satoshi Dezaki, Yoshio Takeuchi
Director
Katsunosuke Hori
Keisuke Ibaraki (voice)
Hiromi Tsuru
Natsuko (ep 2) (voice)
Kazuko Yanaga
Peggy (voice)
Mami Koyama
Yuko Kusaka (voice)
Rica Fukami
Misty (eps 4-5) (voice)
Ayako Shiraishi
Nurse (ep 5) (voice)
Daisuke Gori
Kijima (ep 3) (voice)
Gara Takashima
Jiji (voice)
Issei Futamata
Kid (ep 3)/Teacher (eps 4-5) (voice)
Jun Hazumi
Robero (ep 2) (voice)
Katsuhiko Kobayashi
Carlo (ep 3)/White (ep 5) (voice)
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