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Zenigata

Zenigata

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Zenigata

2018

1h 51m

7.0(1 votes)

Drama

Overview

Two brothers run a bar called Zenigata in a backstreet of a fishing port. At midnight, the bar changes to a lending place, where the brothers lend money and charge high interest. One day, they hire a former boxer

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AMG Entertainment

STARCAT

MEDiAND

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Cast & crew

8 featured cast members

Starring

Ryohei Otani

Ryohei Otani

Tomio Zenigata

Katsuya Kobayashi

Katsuya Kobayashi

Shizuka Zenigata

Shunsuke Tanaka

Shunsuke Tanaka

Yakumo Kenmochi

Aimi Satsukawa

Aimi Satsukawa

Tama Saotome

Yumi Adachi

Yumi Adachi

Rumi Sanada

Takeshi Masu

Takeshi Masu

Takeru Nikaido

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Ken Isogaya

Masato Yoshihara

Masato Yoshihara

Noboru

Creative team

Directed by: Shinya Ayabe
Written by: Yuji Nagamori
Produced by: Osamu Ogawara
Tadashi Iwabuchi

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