The Magic Hour

The Magic Hour

136 mins | Crime, Comedy, Thriller | June 7, 2008

A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman — an assassin the hustler has no idea how to contact. Instead, he hires an actor to play the role, though the thespian has no idea what he's getting into.

The Magic Hour

136 mins | Crime, Comedy, Thriller | June 7, 2008

The Magic Hour
A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman — an assassin the hustler has no idea how to contact. Instead, he hires an actor to play the role, though the thespian has no idea what he's getting into.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Toho Pictures, Inc.
Original title ザ・マジックアワー
Directors Koki Mitani
Writers Koki Mitani

Cast

Koichi Sato

as Taiki Murata

Eri Fukatsu

as Mari Takachiho

Haruka Ayase

as Natsuko Shikama

Toshiyuki Nishida

as Teshio

Yoshimasa Kondo

as Konno

Yuki Amami

as Woman in mourning dress

Kenji Anan

as Nojima

Kazuyuki Asano

as Dr Shimizu

Hyōe Enoki

as Abesan

Keisuke Horibe

as Bambi

Kon Ichikawa

as Film director

Manjiro Ichimura

as Sugawara

Toshiaki Karasawa

as Abeshi

Fumiyo Kohinata

as Kenjuro Hasegawa

Kiichi Nakai

as Toru Iwata

Kyoka Suzuki

as Sayoko

Yasufumi Terawaki

as Wanchai Bhandarkar

Keiko Toda

as Madame Ranko

Shinichi Yanagisawa

as Takase Makoto

Susumu Terajima

as Hiromi Kurokawa

Kōji Yamamoto

as Grumbling Man

Gorō Ibuki

as Takashi Shikama

Shingo Katori

as Tadano Kenji [Street musician]

Tatsuhito Okuda

as Doctor

Takaya Sakoda

as Assistant Director

Takehiko Ono

as Baba (Police chief)

Yasukiyo Umeno

as Mamoru (Mayor)

Nahoko Yoshimoto

as Miki (CM crew)