Set in the Phillipines, Takashi Miike’s “The Guys from Paradise” weaves together the stories of several real-life criminal cases. Young up-and-coming salaryman Kohei Hayakawa is sent to Paradise prison on false drug charges, and assumes his lawyers will clear up this misunderstanding fairly quickly. However, he soon comes to the realization that his innocence means less than how much bribe money he’s able to come up with for his release. It becomes apparent that Kohei is going to have to get to know his fellow inmates a little better, as he’s obviously in this situation for the long haul; but meeting a female inmate from a nearby jail certainly makes his transition to the criminal life a little easier to take.
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The Guys from Paradise Cast
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Character |
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Monsour del Rosario
He was 35, now 58 years old
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Toshiyuki Kitami
He was 49, now 72 years old
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Tsutomu Yamazaki
He was 63, now 87 years old
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as Katsuaki Yoshida |
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Nene Otsuka
She was 32, now 55 years old
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as Namie Mishima |
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Ken'ichi Endô
He was 39, now 62 years old
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as Toshiyuki Umino |
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Naoto Takenaka
He was 44, now 68 years old
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Kenji Mizuhashi
He was 25, now 49 years old
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as Filipintaro |
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Hideo Sako
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Hua Rong Weng
He was 37, now 61 years old
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as Jun Sakamoto |
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Kazuhiko Kanayama
He was 33, now 56 years old
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as Koji Sugimori |
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Mai Oikawa
She was 30, now 54 years old
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as Miyuki Hayasaka |
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Mitsuhiro Oikawa
He was 31, now 54 years old
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Kōji Kikkawa
He was 35, now 58 years old
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as Kôhei Hayasaka |
The Guys from Paradise Crew
