14 Sep 2013
Why Don't You Play in Hell?
In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.
Karakara
Pierre, a retired professor in his early sixties ends up making a short, unsettling trip around Okinawa with Junko, a 40-year-old runaway wife. The confused intellectual would rather not get involved with this unlikely and unexpected lover but decides to follow his destiny, wherever it (she?) may take him.
Top Billed Cast
Gabriel Arcand Pierre
工藤夕貴 Junko
Atta Yuichi Kenichi
John Potter Brian
Toshi Moromi Grandma Megaru
Tenyu Okuda Qi Gong Master
Megumi Tomita Akemi
Takayuki Ichise Policeman
Mieko Taira Self
Toshiko Taira Self
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