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Waru is a film of genre Crime directed by Takashi Miike with Shō Aikawa
Waru (2006)
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Add to a movie listWaru is a 2006 Japanese action film directed by Takashi Miike. The sequel, Waru: kanketsu-hen, followed later in the year.
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Himuro, un ancien caïd, a laissé sa vie de gangster de côté. Placé à la tête d’une école de Kendo par son père, Himuro est passé par la case prison où il rencontra Sarashina. Adopté par ce dernier, tous deux forment une organisation salement financée, sensée éradiquer toute forme de crapules. Et parmi cette crapule, certains ont placé une belle petite somme d’argent pour avoir la tête des deux hommes…Actors
Shō Aikawa
(Yoji Himuro)
Nagare Hagiwara
(Luo)
Ryo Ishibashi
(Sakuragi)
Keiko Matsuzaka
(Reiko Misugi)
Atsuko Sakuraba
Kimika Yoshino
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