Header image  
Japanese Film Collection  
 
    home / back
 

Kakuto

 

  Directed by Yusuke Iseya

Japan 2002 / Drama / 108 min / Color / Dolby  2.0 / 1.85: 1 Anamorphic / NTSC /  In Japanese with Optional  Thai and English Subtitles

Atsushi Ito, Hassei Takano , enichi Yamamoto , Akiko Monou , Reiko Suhoh .

Produced by Hirokazu Koreeda of "Maborosi" and "After Life" fame, this film marks the directorial debut of Yusuke Iseya who starred in Koreeda's "After Life" and "Distance." "Kakuto" is about a group of three stoned-out young guys who obtain drugs for a Yakuza gang. Stoned as they are, they lose the narcotics before long, and thus begins their search for the lost stash which ends up being both an ordeal and a hysterical adventure

 
       
Bonus Features: original theatrical trailer