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A simple funeral turns a man's world Topsy turvy. He wakes up in a posh hotel room, totally clueless about how he got there. Slowly, he recalls what happened a day before.


Sawaki is a postman who's not quite thrilled about his boring way of life. But his life is about to change when he delivers mail to his old schoolmate Noguchi, who's now a member of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia, and just finished cutting his little finger off.

Shinichi Tsutsumi
Ryuichi Sawaki

Kyooko Tooyama
Sayoko

Ren Osugi
Joe

Keisuke Horibe
Noguchi

Hiroshi Shimizu
Domon

Ryoko Takizawa
Ran

Tomorowo Taguchi
Profiler

Akaji Maro
Boss of Minato Gang

Diamond Yukai
Killer

Sei Hiraizumi
Police Chief
Postman Blues is a crime, drama, comedy film released in 1997 exploring themes of yakuza, postman, police pursuit. Directed by SABU, it stars Shinichi Tsutsumi, Kyooko Tooyama, Ren Osugi. Sawaki is a postman who's not quite thrilled about his boring way of life. But his life is about to change when he delivers mail to his old schoolmate Noguchi, who's now a member of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia, and just finished cutting his little finger off.
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