Movie·2015·1h 59m
Grasshopper
Directed By
Tomoyuki Takimoto
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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The Story
Original title: グラスホッパー
Movie contains the stories of three people: Suzuki (Toma Ikuta), Kujira (Tadanobu Asano) and Semi (Ryosuke Yamada). Suzuki is a former middle school teacher. His girlfriend was killed, which led him to quit his job and attempt to take revenge on her murderer. To do so, Suzuki has to infiltrate the underground world of criminals. Kujira is a contract killer for hire. He makes his targets fall into confusion and eventually commit suicide. Semi is a contract killer who uses the knife to take out his targets.
Written By
Kotaro Isaka, Takeshi Aoshima
Producer
Takayuki Sugizaki, Shigeo Minakami
Cinematography
Yoshitaka Sakamoto
Music
Hibiki Inamoto
Editor
Nobuyuki Takahashi
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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Cast
Toma Ikuta
Suzuki
Ryosuke Yamada
Semi
Kumiko Aso
Sumire
Jun Murakami
Iwanishi
Haru
Yuriko
Nanao
Hiyoko
Tadanobu Asano
Kujira
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Asagao
Ryudo Uzaki
Bourei
Renji Ishibashi
Terahara
Aimi Satsukawa
Mesh’s Woman
Hako Yamasaki
Momo
Norihito Kaneko
Terahara Jr
Kozo Sato
Tetsuhiro Sai
Daisuke Nagakura
So Yamanaka
Kika Kobayashi
// crew
Crew
Tomoyuki Takimoto
Director
Kotaro Isaka
Screenplay
Takayuki Sugizaki
Producer
Nobuyuki Takahashi
Editor
Shigeo Minakami
Producer
Yoshikazu Tsubaki
Producer
Shinichirou Inoue
Executive Producer
Yoshitaka Sakamoto
Director of Photography
Hibiki Inamoto
Original Music Composer
Takeshi Aoshima
Screenplay
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