A True Record: The Last Sōkaiya (2001)
Overview
Ōhara Ryūji (Riki Takeuchi) becomes unable to manage his life due to debts from baseball gambling. He goes to Tokyo, practically fleeing in the middle of the night, but his innate love of gambling doesn’t disappear, and he even lays his hands on the money at his workplace. At that time, someone suggests that he should become a sōkaiya. In order to repay his debts, he begins training to become one. Then, he starts to search for the true path of a sōkaiya…
Cast
Riki Takeuchi
Ōhara Ryūji
Mansaku Fuwa
Izawa
Mao Shiina
Kana
Ryo Karato
Kamizono Mamoru
Yuto Nakano
Sakashita
Hirotaro Honda
Shimabara
Atsushi Narasaka
Kawasaki
Ryuji Yamamoto
Electric shop owner
Tarō Suwa
Mitsuhashi
Masahiro Noguchi
Representative in charge of the Dainichi Transport shareholders’ meeting
Manzo Shinra
Sōkaiya (corporate extortionist)
Yūken Yoshida
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