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
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
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DVD Release Date: July 8, 2003
Stats: 194 reviews
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October 6, 2008
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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)
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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.
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August 21, 2008
A sweet story of two people who fall in love , blah blah blah is has Asano in it!
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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.
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