Shangri-La (film)

Shangri-La
Directed by Takashi Miike
Music by Kōji Endō
Cinematography Hideo Yamamoto
Edited by Yasushi Shimamura
Release date
  • 2002 (2002)
Running time
 105 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Shangri-La (金融破滅ニッポン 桃源郷の人々, Kin'yû hametsu Nippon: Tôgenkyô no hito-bito) is a 2002 film directed by Takashi Miike.

Plot

"Shangri-La" follows the lives of a group of homeless people in Japan who run into a man who nearly commits suicide and decide to help him out of his financial troubles. Using their various ingenious resources they embark on a complex scheme to blackmail a crooked businessman, whose bankruptcy claim has put people out of work. It's a fun romp as these seemingly homeless people manage to outsmart the very people who cast them from society.

Cast

  • Show Aikawa as Village headman
  • Shirô Sano as Kuwata
  • Yu Tokui as Seisuke Umemoto
  • Midoriko Kimura as Fusae
  • Kogan Ashiya as Uehara
  • Akaji Maro as Ookura Nagashima
  • Takashi Ebata as Matsui
  • Yojin Hino as Takeda
  • Toshiki Ayata as Etô
  • Houka Kinoshita as Umekawa
  • Shigeru Muroi as Mari

Other credits

  • Writing credits:
    • Yuuji Aoki - novel Tôgenkyô no hito-bito
    • Masakuni Takahashi - screenplay
  • Produced by
    • Yoichi Arishige - producer
    • Kazuhisa Kawaguchi - planner
    • Shusaku Matsuoka - producer
    • Kazushi Miki - producer
    • Tsuneo Ochi - executive producer
    • Ken Takeuchi - planner
    • Motomu Tomita - producer
    • Tsutomu Tsuchikawa - executive producer: Daiei
  • Production Design: Akira Ishige
  • Production Manager: Katsuhiro Ogawa
  • Assistant Director: Bunmei Katô
  • Sound Department
    • Yoshiya Obara - sound
    • Kenji Shibazaki - sound effects
  • Lighting technician: Akira Ono
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