The Guys from Paradise (2000)

  • NR
  • 10/30/2000 (JP)
  • Crime, Drama
  • 1h 54m

Overview

Set in the Philippines, Takashi Miike’s “The Guys from Paradise” weaves together the stories of several real-life criminal cases. Young up-and-coming salary man 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.

Izo Hashimoto

Screenplay

Itaru Era

Screenplay

Yôji Hayashi

Novel

Takashi Miike

Director

Cast

Koji Kikkawa's headshot

Koji Kikkawa

Kôhei Hayasaka
Tsutomu Yamazaki's headshot

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Katsuaki Yoshida
Ken'ichi Endô's headshot

Ken'ichi Endô

Toshiyuki Umino
Kaei Okina's headshot

Kaei Okina

Jun Sakamoto
Kenji Mizuhashi's headshot

Kenji Mizuhashi

Filipintaro
Kazuhiko Kanayama's headshot

Kazuhiko Kanayama

Koji Sugimori
Nene Otsuka's headshot

Nene Otsuka

Namie Mishima
Mai Oikawa's headshot

Mai Oikawa

Miyuki Hayasaka

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