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MASTER SCORE 73.0 / 100
2010·Crime / Drama / Romance·2h 19m

VILLAIN

Shimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time corresponding with girls via telephone dating services and going on random encounters with girls looking for spending cash. His world is shattered one day when he is involved in the murder of one of his former encounters, the sweet-faced Ishibashi Yoshino who, after being jilted by playboy Masuo Keijo, berates and mocks the troubled loner.

Above the Line
Sang-il Lee·DirectorSang-il Lee·ScreenplayShuichi Yoshida·ScreenplayNorimichi Kasamatsu·Director of PhotographyJoe Hisaishi·Original Music ComposerTsuyoshi Imai·Editor
Cast
Eri Fukatsu·MitsuyoSatoshi Tsumabuki·ShimizuMasaki Okada·Keigo MasuoHikari Mitsushima·Yoshino IshibashiSansei Shiomi·Keiji SanoMansaku Ikeuchi·Norio KuboKen Mitsuishi·Norio YajimaKimiko Yo·Yoriko ShimizuHisashi Igawa·Katsuji ShimizuSuzuki Matsuo·Tsutsumishita
Full Crew
(24 credits)
Directing· 3
Sang-il Lee·DirectorKazumi Matsuzawa·Script SupervisorShinji Kuma·Assistant Director
Writing· 3
Sang-il Lee·ScreenplayShuichi Yoshida·ScreenplayShuichi Yoshida·Novel
Camera· 2
Norimichi Kasamatsu·Director of PhotographySayuri Suzuki·Still Photographer
Editing· 1
Tsuyoshi Imai·Editor
Sound & Music· 4
Joe Hisaishi·Original Music ComposerToshihiro Sugita·Music ProducerMitsugu Shiratori·Sound RecordistMasao Iwase·Music Producer
Art & Design· 5
Yohei Taneda·Production DesignKumiko Ogawa·Costume DesignRyo Sugimoto·Art DirectionYoshihisa Taguchi·DecoratorKyoko Toyokawa·Makeup & Hair
Production· 5
Genki Kawamura·ProducerNIHIRA Tomoyo·ProducerMinami Ichikawa·Executive ProducerYoshihiro Suzuki·Line ProducerYûko Maemura·Production Manager
Other Departments· 1
Kazuhiro Iwashita·Gaffer
By the Numbers
73.0
OF 100
Master Score
7.0
OF 10
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