Smuggler

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Smuggler

"Body bags pay the bills"

2011

1h 54m

6.4(28 votes)

Action

Comedy

Drama

Overview

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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Cast & Crew

20 members

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妻夫木聡

Ryōsuke Kinuta

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永瀬正敏

Joe

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松雪泰子

Yuki Yamaoka

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満島ひかり

Chiharu Tanuma

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安藤政信

Spine

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阿部力

Bukutadashi Kabashi

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我修院達也

Jijii

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小日向文世

Kenji Nishio

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髙嶋政宏

Kawashima Seiji

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テイ龍進

Naizô

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清川均

Takahashi Yoshiharu

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島田洋八

Tanuma

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松田翔太

Cop #2

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大杉漣

Cop #1

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寺島進

Joe's friend

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津田寛治

Aloha man

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森下能幸

Unknown Role

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前野朋哉

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土平ドンペイ

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山本竜二

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