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SHYLOCK'S CHILDREN

SHYLOCK NO KODOMOTACHI

By Katsuhide MOTOKI

SHOCHIKU CO., LTD - as SALES World / DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, JAPAN

Drama - Completed 2023

A bold film adaptation of what is arguably the greatest novel of short stories by author Jun Ikeido, who wrote about people’s unyielding strength to survive in society in the novels NAOKI HANZAWA and RECALL. A social problem film based on a newly written story dedicated to all working “soldiers.”

- Year of production
- 2023
- Genres
- Drama, Crime, Book adaptation
- Countries
- JAPAN
- Languages
- JAPANESE
- Duration
- 122 mn
- Director(s)
- Katsuhide MOTOKI
- Cast
- Sadao ABE, Aya UETO, Yuta TAMAMORI, Kuranosuke SASAKI
- Synopsis
- A million yen goes missing at the Nagahara Branch of Tokyo Daiichi Bank. Long-time customer service staff Nishiki (Sadawo ABE) sets out on a mission to uncover the truth together with his colleagues Airi (Aya UETO) and Tabata (Yuta TAMAMORI). After coming across one tiny question, they find themselves in the face of the massive corruption hidden behind the missing money… but this was merely the beginning of a scandal that would shake the megabank to its very core.