Shangri-La
6.8
Shangri-La follows the lives of a group of homeless people in Japan who run into a man who nearly commits suicide and decide to help him out of his financial troubles. Using their various ingenious resources they embark on a complex scheme to blackmail a crooked businessman, whose bankruptcy claim has put people out of work. It’s a fun romp as these seemingly homeless people manage to outsmart the very people who cast them from society.
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Cast
21 people
Show Aikawa
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Takashi Miike Director · Masakuni Takahashi Screenplay Yûji Aoki Author
First release August 3, 2002 · Produced in Japan · Production Video Planning, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
Production
Daiei TV-Film
Production
Video Planning
Production
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
Production
Japan
Produced in
Tôgenkyô no hito-bito
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Languages
Original title
金融破滅ニッポン 桃源郷の人々
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 3, 2002
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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