Samehada otoko to momojiri onna (Shark Skin Man and Pea...

Daigaku Sekine, Hitoshi Kiyokawa, Ittoku Kishibe

Tadanobu Asano stars in this violent thriller/comedy as Samehada, the titular Shark Skin Man. Samehada is making a getaway from some former Yakuza cohorts when his car is struck by Toshiko, a pretty y...( read more  read more... )oung woman driving an SUV. Toshiko, it turns out, is also on the run, and the two quickly combine their talents to keep their respective foes at bay. Based on Minetaro Mochizuki's popular series of mangas.

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R, 1 hr. 48 min.

Directed by: Katsuhito Ishii

Released: December 31, 1998

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DVD Released: July 8, 2003

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  • October 6, 2008
    a fun caper flick featuring an odd couple on the run from a host of colorful characters. it's very stylish, with a light tone that becomes much darker, reminiscent of a tarantino film. tadanobu asano is dead cool as ever
  • August 25, 2008
    A man named Samehada (Ichi The Killer's Tadanobu Asano), on the run from the Yakuza for stealing one hundred million yen joins up with a woman, Toshiko, on the run from her job at her perverted uncle's hotel. The uncle hires an elven hitman with a unibrow, Yamada, to kill Samehad... ...( read more )
  • October 27, 2008
    This has to be my favorite movie of all time. I would say its the Japanese equivalent of Snatch, but much better. Basically a gangster comedy.
  • April 24, 2008
    Le film le plus commercial de Ishii, mais on y retrouve toute la folie qui le caractérise. Une drole d'histoire avec des personnages completement déjantés.
  • February 6, 2008
    " i like you!!!"
    Tadanobu Asano in any film is always interesting but put him in a wild movie like this or ichi the killer then he is amazing. the guy brings so much style to each role he plays, im officaly on his bandwagon now

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