Anarchy in Japansuke
5.2
A middle-aged man walks up to young man who is sitting under a tree and shoots him. The film then flashes back to 1981, where a young woman steals a car with a baby strapped inside. She decides to raise the child as her own, and teaches him to shoplift from stores while she works as a prostitute. She strikes up a relationship with a convenience-store clerk, and the two eventually settle down together.
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Cast
22 people
Kazuhiro Sano
Tatsutoshi
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Yumeka Sasaki
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Yoji Tanaka
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Tarō Suwa
Nakazato
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Shirō Shimomoto
Gumyoji
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Yukiko Izumi
Haruka
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Natsuko Sawada
Yuki
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Mariko Naka
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Tokyo X Erotica
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Mikio Sato
Yoshiki
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Q
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Yūichi Minato
Tatsutoshi's father
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The Bird People in China
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Yohta Kawase
Punk rocker
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Punk's lover
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Takahisa Zeze Director · Goro Yasukawa Composer Kōichi Saitō Cinematographer
United States release March 7, 2011 · Produced in Japan · Production Shintoho Pictures
Production
Kokuei Company
Production
Shintoho Pictures
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
アナーキー・イン・じゃぱんすけ
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 23, 1999
Theatrical
United States · March 7, 2011
Physical · Pink Eiga DVD
Japan
November 23, 2001 · Physical · Interfilm VHS
May 28, 2021 · Digital · DMM/Fanza
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