Villain (2010)
Villain (2010)
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Plot.
Shimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time corresponding with girls via telephone dating services and going on random encounters with girls looking for spending cash. His world is shattered one day when he is involved in the murder of one of his former encounters, the sweet-faced Ishibashi Yoshino who, after being jilted by playboy Masuo Keijo, berates and mocks the troubled loner.
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Cast & Crew.
Eri Fukatsu
Mitsuyo Umagome
Masaki Okada
Keigo Masuo
Satoshi Tsumabuki
Yûichi Shimizu
Hikari Mitsushima
Yoshino Ishibashi
Denden
Taxi Driver
Sansei Shiomi
Keiji Sano
Akira Emoto
Yoshio Ishibashi (Yoshino's Father)
Mansaku Ikeuchi
Norio Kubo
Lee Sang-il
Director
Shuichi Yoshida
Writer
Ken Mitsuishi
Norio Yajima
Genki Kawamura
Producer
Kimiko Yo
Yoriko Shimizu
Yoshihiro Suzuki
Producer
Hisashi Igawa
Katsuji Shimizu
Yoshihiro Suzuki
Producer
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Villain (悪人, Akunin) is a 2010 Japanese drama film directed by Lee Sang-il, based on Shuichi Yoshida's crime noir novel of the same name. It was nominated for numerous awards at the 2011 Japan Academy Prize, including Best Film and Best Director (which was director Lee's second nomination, after his 2006 win for Hula Girls), and won five, which included all four acting awards and for the score by Joe Hisaishi.