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Phone Call to the Bar

Phone Call to the Bar

20117.22h 5m

Overview

In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with his driver Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) in his favourite bar. There he receives a phone call from a woman who identifies herself as Kyoko Kondo. The woman asks the detective to complete a simple task. The detective, having an excellent sense for danger, thinks the work is easy and accepts the case. The next day he begins the investigation.

Directed by Hajime Hashimoto
Written by Yasushi Sutô, Ryota Kosawa, Naomi Azuma
Produced by Yasushi Sutô, Megumi Ueda, Tomomi Imagawa
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Top Cast

Yo Oizumi

Yo Oizumi

The Detective

Ryuhei Matsuda

Ryuhei Matsuda

Takada

Koyuki

Koyuki

Saori

Toshiyuki Nishida

Toshiyuki Nishida

Toshio Kirishima

Satomi Achiwa

Satomi Achiwa

Yasuko Taguchi

Tamae Ando

Tamae Ando

Mineko

Yoshiki Arizono

Yoshiki Arizono

Kohei Taguchi

Renji Ishibashi

Renji Ishibashi

Kyosuke Iwabuchi

Ryuji Katagiri

Ryuji Katagiri

Kajiwara-Gumi Kumichô

Shion Machida

Shion Machida

Kyoko Kondo

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookdetectivehokkaido, japan

About Phone Call to the Bar

Phone Call to the Bar is a action, drama, crime film released in 2011 exploring themes of based on novel or book, detective, hokkaido, japan. Directed by Hajime Hashimoto, it stars Yo Oizumi, Ryuhei Matsuda, Koyuki. In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with his driver Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) in his favourite bar. There he receives a phone call from a woman who identifies herself as Kyoko Kondo. The woman asks the detective to complete a simple task. The detective, having an excellent sense for danger, thinks the work is easy and accepts the case. The next day he begins the investigation.

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