Runtime: 114 min
Average vote: 6.8
Release date: 2001-06-16
Director: Takashi Miike
Music: Koji Kikkawa
Set in the Philippines, Takashi Miike’s “The Guys from Paradise” weaves together the stories of several real-life criminal cases. Young up-and-coming salary man Kohei Hayakawa is sent to Paradise prison on false drug charges, and assumes his lawyers will clear up this misunderstanding fairly quickly. However, he soon comes to the realization that his innocence means less than how much bribe money he’s able to come up with for his release. It becomes apparent that Kohei is going to have to get to know his fellow inmates a little better, as he’s obviously in this situation for the long haul; but meeting a female inmate from a nearby jail certainly makes his transition to the criminal life a little easier to take.
Koji Kikkawa
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Kôhei Hayasaka
Tsutomu Yamaza...
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Katsuaki Yoshi...
Kenichi Endo
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Toshiyuki Umino
Kaei Okina
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Jun Sakamoto
Kenji Mizuhashi
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Filipintaro
Kazuhiko Kanay...
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Koji Sugimori
Nene Otsuka
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Namie Mishima
Mai Oikawa
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Miyuki Hayasaka
Monsour Del Ro...
Toshiyuki Kita...
Mitsuhiro Oika...
Hideo Sako
Naoto Takenaka