''Waru'' is a 2006 Japanese
action film
Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...
directed by
Takashi Miike
is a Japanese film director, film producer and screenwriter. He has directed over one hundred theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. His films run through a variety of different genres, and range from violent an ...
. The sequel, ''
Waru: kanketsu-hen'', followed later in the year.
Cast
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Show Aikawa
is a Japanese actor.
Career
Show Aikawa was born in Tokushima and raised in Kagoshima. Aikawa has appeared in a number of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's films, including ''Eyes of the Spider'', ''Serpent's Path'', ''License to Live'', ''Seance'', and ''Pu ...
as Yoji Himuro
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Nagare Hagiwara
, better known by his stage name , was a Japanese actor and TV personality.
Death
On 22 April 2015, two weeks after his 62nd birthday, Hagiwara died in a road accident in Suginami, Tokyo, while riding his motorbike.
Filmography Cinema
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as Luo
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Yoshihiko Hakamada as Genji
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Ryo Ishibashi
is a Japanese people, Japanese actor and lead singer of the Japanese rock band ARB (band), ARB. He is known around the world for his roles in the Japanese horror films ''Suicide Club (film), Suicide Club'' and ''Audition (1999 film), Audition.'' ...
as Sakuragi
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Hisao Maki
Hisao (written: 央生, 久生, 久雄, 寿雄, 寿夫, 尚雄, 尚久 or 尚勇) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
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*, Japanese baseball player
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Keiko Matsuzaka
(born July 20, 1952) is a Japanese actress. Early life
Born in Ōta, Tokyo, her father was a naturalized South Korean while her mother was Japanese.
Career
In the 1960s, Matsuzaka became a child actress. Matsuzaka grew into adulthood in film ...
as Reiko Misugi
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Johnny Okura
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Hitoshi Ozawa
Hitoshi (written: , , , , , , , , , or in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese politician
*, Japanese manga artist
*, Japanese baseball player
*, Japanese photographer
*, Japanese baseba ...
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Atsuko Sakuraba
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Hideki Sone
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Kimika Yoshino
is a Japanese actress and gravure idol.
Life and career
Yoshino was born on September 5, 1975, in Kanagawa, Japan. She started out as a gravure idol in 1994 in a swimsuit campaign for Toyobo and in the same year she was also chosen as one of the ...
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Akira Maeda
(born Go Il-myeong (Hangul: 고일명, Hanja: 高日明), January 24, 1959) is a Japanese mixed martial arts promoter, writer and retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist of Korean descent. Maeda was also known by the ring name K ...
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Satoru Sayama
(born November 27, 1957) is a Japanese professional wrestling, Japanese professional wrestler, mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist, MMA and wrestling promoter and writer, best known as the original Tiger Mask (professional wrestling), Tige ...
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Guts Ishimatsu
, better known as is a Japanese actor, comedian, tarento and former professional boxer who competed in the Lightweight division from 1966 to 1978. He is a one-time former WBC Lightweight Champion and an OPBF Lightweight Champion.
As a boxer ...
External links
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Films directed by Takashi Miike
2000s Japanese films
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