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A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth

A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth

20065.61h 32m

Overview

Four strangers (a verbose romantic, a human lie detector, an expert pickpocket, and a woman with a preternaturally precise sense of time) are brought together by chance when they inadvertently team up to thwart a bank robbery. Recognizing the potential of their combined talents, they decide to form a bank-robbing gang themselves, just for the fun and romance of it. Their heists are played out swiftly and coolly, less like robberies than performance art. Eventually, the foursome's good-natured crime streak is interrupted when a man from one of their pasts creates a whirlwind of extortion and double crossing.

Directed by Tetsu Maeda
Written by Tetsu Maeda, Takashi Hasegawa, Kentaro Ushio
Produced by Ryoichi Fukuyama, Kazutoshi Wadakura
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Top Cast

Takao Osawa

Takao Osawa

Naruse

Kyoka Suzuki

Kyoka Suzuki

Yukiko

Koichi Sato

Koichi Sato

Kyono

Shota Matsuda

Shota Matsuda

Kuon

Koji Ohkura

Koji Ohkura

Jimichi

Arata Furuta

Arata Furuta

Tanaka

Rosa Kato

Rosa Kato

Shoko

Houka Kinoshita

Houka Kinoshita

Hayashi

Suzuki Matsuo

Suzuki Matsuo

Kamoda

Ken Mitsuishi

Ken Mitsuishi

Asakura

About A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth

A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth is a comedy, drama, crime film released in 2006. Directed by Tetsu Maeda, it stars Takao Osawa, Kyoka Suzuki, Koichi Sato. Four strangers (a verbose romantic, a human lie detector, an expert pickpocket, and a woman with a preternaturally precise sense of time) are brought together by chance when they inadvertently team up to thwart a bank robbery. Recognizing the potential of their combined talents, they decide to form a bank-robbing gang themselves, just for the fun and romance of it. Their heists are played out swiftly and coolly, less like robberies than performance art. Eventually, the foursome's good-natured crime streak is interrupted when a man from one of their pasts creates a whirlwind of extortion and double crossing.

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