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Release Date:
June 16, 2001
Original Title:
天国から来た男たち
Alternate Titles:
Tengoku kara kita otoko-tachi
The Guys from Paradise
Genres:
Crime | Drama
Production Companies:
KSS
Production Countries:
Japan | Philippines
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 114
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.
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Co-Producer:
Setsuko Higa
Director:
Takashi Miike
Director of Photography:
Hideo Yamamoto
Editor:
Yasushi Shimamura
Executive Producer:
Masanobu Hamasaki
Hideo Takano
Line Producer:
Sonny Cabalda
Novel:
Yôji Hayashi
Original Music Composer:
Koji Kikkawa
Producer:
Yue Hayashi
Mitsuyoshi Hikawa
Yoshie Hayashi
Sôgaku Koga
Renzo Cruz
Shigeyuki Yasamura
Michio Uematsu
Ken’ichirô Shimabukro
Screenplay:
Itaru Era
Izo Hashimoto
Supervising Producer:
Doni Gonzales
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