“When the going gets tough, try to overtake...”
Naomi Shimizu is a young career woman working for Enrico Dandolo, an Italian fashion house. That is until one day the company declares bankruptcy. Accustomed to living in luxury she tries to make a run for it with the last remaining company asset, a red Alpha Romeo sports car.
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21 people
Naoko Iijima
Naomi Shimizu
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Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Hironori Suzuki
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Hiroyuki Yabe
Shigekazu Yokota
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Kotomi Kyono
Yumiko Abe
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Yūzō Kayama
Makoto Shimano
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Shinsuke Kyou
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Shigemitsu Ogi
Yoshihisa Ota
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Shinsuke Aoki
Noriyuki Hattori
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Tetsuya Bessho
Hiroshi Okano
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Yûko Itô
Mamiko Maekawa
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Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Diner Owner
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Yoji Tanaka
Driver
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Yasuo Baba Director · Masashi Todayama Writer Yūsuke Honma Composer
First release August 21, 1999 · Produced in Japan · Production Fuji Television Network, Shogakukan
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Pony Canyon
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Fuji Television Network
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Shogakukan
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Premier International Corporation
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Japan
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Original title
メッセンジャー
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 21, 1999
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No release date listed for United States.
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