Kuhio Taisa (?????) is a 2009 Japanese comedy-crime film, directed by Daihachi Yoshida, based on Kazumasa Yoshida’s 2006 biographical novel, Kekkon Sagishi Kuhio Taisa (Marriage Swindler: Captain Kuhio), that focuses on a real-life marriage swindler, who conned over 100 million yen ($1.2 million USD) from a number of women between the 1970s and the 1990s.
Kuhio Taisa | |
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Directed by | Daihachi Yoshida |
Produced by | Shuji Kakimoto |
Screenplay by | Daihachi Yoshida and Masahito Kagawa |
Story by | Kazumasa Yoshida |
Based on | Marriage Swindler: Captain Kuhio |
Starring | Masato Sakai Sakura Ando |
Music by | Tatsuo Kondo |
Cinematography | Shoichi Ato |
Edited by | Kumi Okada |
Production company | Captain Kuhio Production Partners & Monster Ultra |
Distributed by | SHOWGATE INC. |
Release date |
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Running time | 113 min |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
The film was released as The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio on 10 October 2009.
Screenplay
- Masato Sakai - Captain Kuhio
- Yasuko Matsuyuki - Shinobu Nagano
- Hikari Mitsushima - Haru Yasuoka
- Yuko Nakamura - Michiko Sudo
- Hirofumi Arai - Tatsuya Nagano
- Kazuya Kojima - Koichi Takahashi
- Sakura Ando - Rika Kinoshita
- Masaaki Uchino - Chief Fujiwara
- Kanji Furutachi - Shigeru Kuroda
- Reila Aphrodite
- Sei Ando
At the 31st Yokohama Film Festival
- Best Actor - Masato Sakai
- Best Supporting Actress - Sakura Ando