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USHIJIMA THE LOAN SHARK (YAMIKIN USHIJIMA KUN)
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Completed - JAPANESE - Crime, First film - 131 minutes

Log Line

Based on the 4 million-seller comic series by Shohei Manabe, “USHIJIMA the LOAN SHARK” is a controversial work shows the harsh reality of social disparity and working poor in nowadays Japan.

Previous markets

  • Berlin EFM 2012 (Line up)
  • FILMART 2012 (Premiere)
  • Cannes 2012 (Screening)
  • Busan 2012 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2012

Director(s) : Masatoshi YAMAGUCHI
Cast : Kento HAYASHI, Takayuki YAMADA, Yuko OSHIMA

Synopsis

Jun expended the club Bamps well because of his wide personal connections. To hold a biggest show ever, Jun visited Cow Cow Finance for an illegal loan. However the loan shark Ushijima didn’t take him seriously, therefore Jun decided to welsh his loan. Jun turned to use his girlfriends to make money by selling live tickets. Miko, one of the girls, on the other hand started to work at dating service café to pay her mother’s loan. One day Ushijima was arrested on a charge of blackmail, which was a plot laid by Jun...

Production

Country(ies) : JAPAN

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