Movie·1998·1h 47m
Blues Harp
Directed By
Takashi Miike
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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The Story
Original title: BLUES HARP
Ambitious Yakuza Kenji befriends harmonica-playing bartender Chuji, who moonlights as a part-time drug-dealer for the opposing gang. Their friendship is threatened by Kenji's plans for advancement, as well as by his bodyguards' growing jealousy of Chuji.
Written By
Toshiyuki Morioka
Producer
Youichiro Onishi, Shun Shimizu
Cinematography
Hideo Yamamoto
Music
Atsushi Okuno
Editor
Yasushi Shimamura
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Chûji Yonashiro
Seiichi Tanabe
Kenji Shindô
Saori Sekino
Tokiko
Atsushi Okuno
Mickey Curtis
Tatsuo Yamada
Daisuke Iijima
Yûkichi Hanamura
Akira Ishige
Ito Yozaburo
Talent Scout Sugiyama
Huntley Nicholas
Bob Suzuki
// crew
Crew
Takashi Miike
Director
Youichiro Onishi
Producer
Shun Shimizu
Producer
Yasuhiko Higashi
Producer
Yasushi Shimamura
Editor
Hideo Yamamoto
Director of Photography
Atsushi Okuno
Original Music Composer
Toshihiko Matsuo
Screenplay, Executive Producer
Toshiyuki Morioka
Screenplay
Naoya Narita
Producer
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