Movie contains the stories of three people: Suzuki (Toma Ikuta), Kujira (Tadanobu Asano) and Semi (Ryosuke Yamada). Suzuki is a former middle school teacher. His girlfriend was killed, which led him to quit his job and attempt to take revenge on her murderer. To do so, Suzuki has to infiltrate the underground world of criminals. Kujira is a contract killer for hire. He makes his targets fall into confusion and eventually commit suicide. Semi is a contract killer who uses the knife to take out his targets.
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22 people
Toma Ikuta
Suzuki
Known for
BOYS OVER FLOWERS
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Ryosuke Yamada
Semi
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Kumiko Aso
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Kujira
Known for
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Hidetaka Yoshioka
Asagao
Known for
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Renji Ishibashi
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Audition
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Tomoyuki Takimoto Director · Kotaro Isaka Screenplay Takeshi Aoshima Screenplay
First release November 7, 2015 · Produced in Japan · Production Shochiku, Happinet
Production
KADOKAWA
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Shochiku
Production
Happinet
Production
dentsu
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J Storm
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The Asahi Shimbun
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KADOKAWA Daiei Studio
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Kadokawa Pictures
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Japan
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Original title
グラスホッパー
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · November 7, 2015
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No release date listed for United States.
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