Many Happy Returns
6.9
A young man named Kazuo Takayama runs across a religious group whose founder cures an old woman in a wheelchair, restoring her power to walk by a simple touch. Kazuo grows more interested in this new religion and tries to get more followers.
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Cast
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Masato Hagiwara
Kazuo Takayama
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Koji Tamaki
Tetsuharu Komamura
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Daisuke Shiba
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Masami Shimojō
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Miyako Yamaguchi
Yoko
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Yoshie Minami
Hisae
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Kanji Tsuda
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Toshihiro Tenma Director · Yuji Kato Writer Takeshi Kitano Author
First release November 20, 1993 · Produced in Japan · Production Yamada Right Vision Corporation, Office Kitano
Production
Pony Canyon
Production
Yamada Right Vision Corporation
Production
Office Kitano
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Japan
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Original title
教祖誕生
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · November 20, 1993
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
February 19, 2017 · Premiere · Eiga-Sai Film Festival
Russia
May 19, 2015 · Limited theatrical · Screening of Japanese films in State Museum of the East (Moscow)
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