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(C)2006『陽気なギャングが地球を回す』製作委員会 ■Show information 11:00 on Sun.,February 26 Yubari City Hall ■Work outline 2005／JAPANESE／91min／DISTORIBUTOR:SHOCHIKU ■Introduction Being a human lie detector or to have a precise internal clock, or to be a genius pickpocket or a masterful speaker, as the three men and a woman with the abilities no use to real life meet, a romantic crime plan starts to roll. This is the awaited first motion picture adopted from a novel written by Kotaro Isaka, a popular writer whose every work has entered high in top ten rated in those mystery magazines’ ranking chart. The director of the film, Tetsu Maeda is a promising young director who worked on the films of Juzo Itami and Masayuki Suo as a crewmember. Maeda is said to be the successor of Japanese entertainment directors and made this romantic comedy drama highly paced with fantastic visual image with a great ensemble of the actors. Takao Osawa beams in the flashy outfit, ravishing Kyoka Suzuki mixes maturity with sweetness and Koichi Sato plays the non-stop chatterbox. The actors play up in the way you’ve never seen them before. The film also introduces Shota Matsuda, the second son of late Yusaku Matsuda. ■Staff [executive producer] YUJI SHIMAMOTO KOUKI MATSUMOTO [producer] RYOUICHI FUKUYAMA KAZUTOSHI WADAKURA [author of the original work] ISAKA KOTARO [script writer] TAKASHI HASEGAWA TETSU MAEDA KENTARO USHIO [music] SATO "FISHER" GO [director for second unit] KATSURO ONOUE [cinematographer] HIDEO YAMAMOTO [lighting director] AKIRA ONO [production designer] NAO SASAKI [sound recording] TETSUO SEGAWA ■Cast TAKAO OSAWA KYOKA SUZUKI SHOTA MATSUDA KOJI OKURA ROSA KATO TOMOHIRO MIURA YUICHIRO NAKAYAMA ARATA FURUTA REN OSUGI EISUKE SHINOI SUZUKI MATSUO HOUKA KINOSHITA KEN MITSUISHI KOICHI SATO ■Profile of the director TETSU MAEDA Born in Osaka, after having the opportunity to work part time in the construction department in Toei Oizumi Studio, Tetsu Maeda worked as an assistant Art director, Maeda then worked as a freelance assistant director for many film directors including for Juzo Itami, Junji Sakamoto, Joji Matsuoka, Yojiro Takita and Msayuki Suo. In 1998, Maeda made his directorial debut with Pocky-Saka Koi Monogatari Kawaiihito Episode 3 under the supervision of Shinji Somai. Maeda since then has directed TV dramas, video movies (so called V Cinema), TV commercials and video clips, has directed in a wide rage of field. Maeda participated once in the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festiva with Pakodate-Jin in 2002.

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