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Shangri-La is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Takashi Miike with Shō Aikawa
Shangri-La (2002)
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Add to a movie listShangri-La (Kin'yû hametsu Nippon: Tôgenkyô no hito-bito) is a 2002 film directed by Takashi Miike.
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"Shangri-La" follows the lives of a group of homeless people in Japan who run into a man who nearly commits suicide and decide to help him out of his financial troubles. Using their various ingenious resources they embark on a complex scheme to blackmail a crooked businessman, whose bankruptcy claim has put people out of work. It's a fun romp as these seemingly homeless people manage to outsmart the very people who cast them from society.Actors
Shō Aikawa
(Village Headman)
Shirō Sano
(Kuwata)
Shigeru Muroi
(Mari)
Akaji Maro
(Ookura Nagashima)
Nao Ōmori
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