Sawaki is a postman who's not quite thrilled about his boring way of life. But his life is about to change when he delivers mail to his old schoolmate Noguchi, who's now a member of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia, and just finished cutting his little finger off.
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Cast
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Shinichi Tsutsumi
Ryuichi Sawaki
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Kyooko Tooyama
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Ren Osugi
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Keisuke Horibe
Noguchi
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Hiroshi Shimizu
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Ryoko Takizawa
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Tomorowo Taguchi
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Akaji Maro
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Sei Hiraizumi
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Yozaburo Ito
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Sabu Director · Daisuke Okamoto Composer Shûji Kuriyama Cinematographer
First release August 16, 1997 · Produced in Japan · Languages English, French, Japanese
Production
TV Tokyo
Production
Nikkatsu Corporation
Production · Studio
Suplex
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Japan
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Original title
ポストマン・ブルース
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
English · French · Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 16, 1997
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No release date listed for United States.
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