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The Ransom

The Ransom

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The Ransom

2023

1h 25m

7.0(1 votes)

Crime

Action

Drama

Overview

Five men, including one Korean, kidnap a 19-year-old college student named Yumi. She is the daughter of a tycoon who controls the Japanese underworld. With 100 million yen on the line, the kidnappers fall out…

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Yoon Sung-mo

Yoon Sung-mo

Yuichi Nakamura

Yuichi Nakamura

Rei Yoshida

Rei Yoshida

Hisayuki Teranaka

Chiharu Konno

Shin Nagahama

Tasuku Kobayashi

Hironobu Yukinaga

Alisa Sakamaki

Alisa Sakamaki

Shôko Nakahara

Shôko Nakahara

Creative team

Directed by: Atsushi Muroga
Written by: Satoru Nishizawa
OKUNISHI Shunya

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