The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio[1] (クヒオ大佐, Kuhio Taisa, lit. "Captain Kuhio") is a 2009 Japanese comedy-crime film, directed by Daihachi Yoshida, based on Kazumasa Yoshida's 2006 biographical novel, Kekkon Sagishi Kuhio Taisa (lit. "Marriage swindler Captain Kuhio"), that focuses on a real-life marriage swindler, who conned over 100 million yen (US$1.2 million) from a number of women between the 1970s and the 1990s.[2]
| The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Daihachi Yoshida |
| Screenplay by | Daihachi Yoshida and Masahito Kagawa |
| Story by | Kazumasa Yoshida |
| Based on | Kekkon Sagishi Kuhio Taisa by Kazumasa Yoshida |
| Produced by | Shuji Kakimoto |
| Starring | Masato Sakai Sakura Ando |
| Cinematography | Shoichi Ato |
| Edited by | Kumi Okada |
| Music by | Tatsuo Kondo |
Production company | Captain Kuhio Production Partners & Monster Ultra |
| Distributed by | Showgate |
Release date |
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Running time | 113 min |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The film was released in Japan on 10 October 2009.
Cast
edit- Masato Sakai - Captain Kuhio
- Yasuko Matsuyuki - Shinobu Nagano
- Hikari Mitsushima - Haru Yasuoka
- Yuko Nakamura - Michiko Sudo
- Hirofumi Arai - Tatsuya Nagano
- Kazuya Kojima - Koichi Takahashi
- Sakura Ando - Rika Kinoshita
- Masaaki Uchino - Chief Fujiwara
- Kanji Furutachi - Shigeru Kuroda
- Reila Aphrodite
- Sei Ando
Awards
editAt the 31st Yokohama Film Festival[3]
- Best Actor – Masato Sakai
- Best Supporting Actress – Sakura Ando
References
edit- ^ "JFDB – The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio". UniJapan. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ "Masato Sakai stars in film based on real-life marriage swindler". Tokyograph.
- ^ 第３１回ヨコハマ映画祭 ２００９年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
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