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Ryûji Forever

20021h 56mMovie

A youth drama portraying the life of legendary actor Shoji Kaneko, who devoted his life to filmmaking and died at the young age of 33.

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Cast

Katsunori TakahashiShôji Kaneko
Teruyuki KagawaYutaka Tanaka
Hikari IshidaSachiko Kaneko
Houka KinoshitaNorihisa Ishihara
Kaoru OkunukiKeiko Hagishima
Koh TakasugiDaisuke Haguro
Keisuke HoribeGinzô
Hanae ShōjiIne Kaneko
Den FujitaEiichi Tsunoda
Kenji MizuhashiTakashi Tsuji
Yoji TanakaKawajiri
Akira TakahashiGenzô Kaneko
Kinzō SakuraGinzô's Manager
Takashi SasanoSakaki

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Director: Tatsuoki Hosono
Writers: Tatsuoki Hosono, Takanori Hoshi, Yūji Ikue
Release date: March 2, 2002
Runtime: 1h 56m
Original language: Japanese
Studios: AMUSE, Nikkatsu Corporation

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