is a 2009 Japanese comedy-crime film, directed by
Daihachi Yoshida
is a Japanese film director. He won the award for best new director at the 29th Yokohama Film Festival for ''Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers!''.
Filmography
* ''Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers!'' (2007)
* ''Kuhio Taisa'' (2009)
* ''Permanent ...
, based on Kazumasa Yoshida's 2006
biographical novel
The biographical novel is a genre of novel which provides a fictional account of a contemporary or historical person's life. Like other forms of biographical fiction, details are often trimmed or reimagined to meet the artistic needs of the fiction ...
, ''Kekkon Sagishi Kuhio Taisa'' ( "Marriage swindler Captain Kuhio"), that focuses on a real-life marriage swindler, who conned over 100 million yen (US$1.2 million) from a number of women between the 1970s and the 1990s.
The film was released in Japan on 10 October 2009.
Cast
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Masato Sakai
is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival for ''The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio'' and ''The Chef of South Polar'' and the award for best supporting actor at the 2008 Nikkan Sports Film Award, at ...
- Captain Kuhio
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Yasuko Matsuyuki
is a Japanese actress and singer signed to Stardust Promotion.
Biography
Yasuko Matsuyuki was born in 1972 in Tosu, Saga. In 1989, while she was in high school, Matsuyuki won a Non-no fashion magazine contest. After graduating from Tosu Comme ...
- Shinobu Nagano
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Hikari Mitsushima
is a Japanese actress, singer and model. In 2017 she was the vocalist and dancer in Mondo Grosso's videos for "Labyrinth", which has garnered over 32 million views on YouTube as of 2 February 2022, and "In this World".
Career
She began her mus ...
- Haru Yasuoka
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Yuko Nakamura Yuko may refer to:
* Yuko (judo) (''yūkō''), a score in judo competition
* Yuko (Ukrainian band), a Ukrainian band
* Yūko, a Japanese female given name (including a list of persons with the name)
* Yuko, a Belgian band
* Yuko people
Yukpa is ...
- Michiko Sudo
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Hirofumi Arai
is a third-generation Zainichi Korean former actor.
Career
Arai made his screen debut in Isao Yukisada's '' Go'' in 2001 when he was 22 years old. His next film role was the emotionally disturbed senior high school student Aoki in Toshiaki Toy ...
- Tatsuya Nagano
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Kazuya Kojima
is a Japanese comedian and actor. He performs '' boke'' (he can also perform ''Kire Gei'' or ''tsukkomi
The following glossary of words and terms (generally of Japanese origin) are related to ''owarai'' (Japanese comedy). Many of these term ...
- Koichi Takahashi
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Sakura Ando
is a Japanese actress.
Career
Ando won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival 2010 for ''Love Exposure'', ''The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio'' and ''Tsumitoka batsutoka''. She was also nominated for the aw ...
- Rika Kinoshita
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Masaaki Uchino - Chief Fujiwara
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Kanji Furutachi
is a Japanese actor.
Career
Born in Sakai, Osaka, Furutachi traveled to New York in his twenties to study acting at the HB Studio under Uta Hagen. Returning to Japan, he joined the Seinendan theatre troupe run by Oriza Hirata and the Sample the ...
- Shigeru Kuroda
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Reila Aphrodite
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Sei Ando
Awards
At the 31st
Yokohama Film Festival
The is an annual awards ceremony held in Yokohama, Japan. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year and various awards are given to personnel. The first festival, held on February 3, 1980, was a small affair by fans and film critics. In 1994, ...
* Best Actor –
Masato Sakai
is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival for ''The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio'' and ''The Chef of South Polar'' and the award for best supporting actor at the 2008 Nikkan Sports Film Award, at ...
* Best Supporting Actress –
Sakura Ando
is a Japanese actress.
Career
Ando won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival 2010 for ''Love Exposure'', ''The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio'' and ''Tsumitoka batsutoka''. She was also nominated for the aw ...
References
External links
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2009 films
Films directed by Daihachi Yoshida
Films about fraud
2000s Japanese films
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