Anarchy in Japansuke (1999)

4.9/10 68 min Drama

Overview

A middle-aged man walks up to young man who is sitting under a tree and shoots him. The film then flashes back to 1981, where a young woman steals a car with a baby strapped inside. She decides to raise the child as her own, and teaches him to shoplift from stores while she works as a prostitute. She strikes up a relationship with a convenience-store clerk, and the two eventually settle down together.

Cast

Kazuhiro Sano

Tatsutoshi

Yoji Tanaka

Detective

Tarō Suwa

Nakazato

Shirō Shimomoto

Gumyoji

Natsuko Sawada

Yuki

Yūichi Minato

Tatsutoshi's father

Yohta Kawase

Punk rocker

Takao Handa

Fukuda

Chizuyu Azami

Keiko

Takahisa Zeze

Player with beard

Daisuke Iijima

Detective

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