06 Sep 2003
Zatoichi
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.
First Love
Set over one night in Tokyo, we follow Leo, a young boxer down on his luck as he meets his ‘first love’ Monica, a call-girl and an addict but still innocent. But, little does Leo know, Monica is unwittingly caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme, and the two are pursued through the night by a corrupt cop, a yakuza, his nemesis, and a female assassin sent by the Chinese Triads. All their fates intertwine in spectacular Miike style, at his most fun and anarchic.
Top Billed Cast
窪田正孝 Leo Katsuragi
大森南朋 Ōtomo
染谷将太 Kase
小西桜子 Monica
ベッキー Julie
三浦貴大 Yasu
Mami Fujioka Chiachi
顏正國 Wan
段鈞豪 Fu
矢島舞美 Miyuki
出合正幸 
村上淳 Ichikawa
滝藤賢一 
塩見三省 The stand-in
内野聖陽 Gondō
ベンガル 
本田大輔 
小柳心 
山中アラタ 
Satoshi Niizuma
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