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Sabu is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Takashi Miike with Tatsuya Fujiwara
Sabu (2002)
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Add to a movie listSabu is a 2002 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike and adapted from the classic Japanese rite-of-passage novel by Shūgorō Yamamoto.
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Framed for a crime he did not commit, Eiji is subjected to the harsh realities of the Ishikawa Island workhouse. Sabu, Eiji's longtime friend, must discover who is responsible for his incarceration, before prison life consumes him completely.Actors
Tatsuya Fujiwara
(Eiji)
Satoshi Tsumabuki
(Sabu)
Tomoko Tabata
(Onobu)
Tatsuo Yamada
(Ryojiro Kojima)
Kazue Fukiishi
(Osue)
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