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Villain is a film of genre Drama directed by Lee Sang-il released in USA on 9 march 2012 with Satoshi Tsumabuki
Villain (2010)
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Add to a movie listVillain (悪人, Akunin) is a 2010 Japanese film directed by Lee Sang-il, based on Shuichi Yoshida's crime noir novel of the same name. It was nominated for numerous awards at the 2011 Japan Academy Prize, including Best Film and Best Director (which was director Lee's second nomination, after his 2006 win for Hula Girls), and won five, which included all four acting awards and for the score by Joe Hisaishi.
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Abandoned by his mother at an early age, Yuichi Shimizu (Satoshi Tsumabuki) is a young man who lives with and takes care of his grandparents in a decaying fishing village near Nagasaki. He works as a blue-collar day-labourer and leads a lonely life: his only real interest is his car.Actors
Satoshi Tsumabuki
(Shimizu)
Eri Fukatsu
(Mitsuyo)
Akira Emoto
(Yoshio Ishibashi)
Masaki Okada
(Keigo Masuo)
Kirin Kiki
(Fusae Shimizu)
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