Shangri-La

Shangri-La

104 mins | Drama, Comedy | Aug. 3, 2002

Shangri-La (Kin’yu hametsu Nippon: Togenkyo no hito-bito) follows the lives of a group of homeless people in Japan who run into a man who nearly commits suicide and decide to help him out of his financial troubles. Using their various ingenious resources they embark on a complex scheme to blackmail a crooked businessman, whose bankruptcy claim has put people out of work. It’s a fun romp as these seemingly homeless people manage to outsmart the very people who cast them from society.

Shangri-La

104 mins | Drama, Comedy | Aug. 3, 2002

Shangri-La
Shangri-La (Kin’yu hametsu Nippon: Togenkyo no hito-bito) follows the lives of a group of homeless people in Japan who run into a man who nearly commits suicide and decide to help him out of his financial troubles. Using their various ingenious resources they embark on a complex scheme to blackmail a crooked businessman, whose bankruptcy claim has put people out of work. It’s a fun romp as these seemingly homeless people manage to outsmart the very people who cast them from society.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers
Original title 金融破滅ニッポン 桃源郷の人々
Directors Bunmei Katô, Takashi Miike
Writers Masakuni Takahashi, Yûji Aoki

Cast

Sho Aikawa

as Village headman

Shiro Sano

as Kuwata

Yuu Tokui

as Seisuke Umemoto (as Yuu Tokui)

Midoriko Kimura

as Fusae

Kogan Ashiya

as Uehara

Akaji Maro

as Ookura Nagashima

Takashi Ebata

as Matsui

Yojin Hino

as Takeda (as Yôjin Hino)

Toshiki Ayata

as Etô

Shigeru Muroi

as Mari

Yûji Aoki

as Attorney

Shou Ohkura

as Worker

Houka Kinoshita

as Umekawa