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Lady Joker

Lady Joker

20047.52h 1m

Overview

Men and women caught up in a downward spiral of corruption, discrimination, poverty and death are the focus of this detective-thriller/social-drama inspired by the unsolved 1984 kidnapping of a Japanese candy company president.

Directed by Hideyuki Hirayama
Written by Wishing Chong, Kaoru Takamura
Box OfficeBudget: $5.0MRevenue: $431K

Top Cast

Satoshi Tokushige

Satoshi Tokushige

Yuichiro Goda

Tetsuya Watari

Tetsuya Watari

Seizo Monoi

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Katsumi Ko

Ren Osugi

Ren Osugi

Junichi Nunokawa

Koji Kikkawa

Koji Kikkawa

Shuhei Handa

Haruhiko Kato

Haruhiko Kato

Yokichi Matsudo

Miho Kanno

Miho Kanno

Keiko Shiroyama

Jun Kunimura

Jun Kunimura

Satoru Hirase

Ittoku Kishibe

Ittoku Kishibe

Seiichi Shirai

Yutaka Matsushige

Yutaka Matsushige

Nishimura

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Themes & Keywords

corruptionbased on novel or bookkidnappingbased on true storysocial commentarypovertydiscriminationclass systemunsolved crime

About Lady Joker

Lady Joker is a thriller, crime, drama film released in 2004 exploring themes of corruption, based on novel or book, kidnapping, based on true story, social commentary, poverty. Directed by Hideyuki Hirayama, it stars Satoshi Tokushige, Tetsuya Watari, Mitsuru Fukikoshi. Men and women caught up in a downward spiral of corruption, discrimination, poverty and death are the focus of this detective-thriller/social-drama inspired by the unsolved 1984 kidnapping of a Japanese candy company president.

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