Movie: Ekiro

Top 10 Billed Cast

Koji Yakusho
役所広司

Det. Yobuno

Eri Fukatsu
深津絵里

Keiko Fukumura

Tae Kimura
木村多江

Yoshiko Fukumura

Sousuke Takaoka
高岡蒼佑

Tatsuo Yamazaki

Hiromi Kitagawa
北川弘美

Yuko Yobuno

Kengo Ôkuchi
Kengo Ôkuchi

Det. Kitao

Toshie Negishi
根岸季衣

Mitsue Yobuno

Kenta Satoi
佐戸井けん太

Uchidera

Ryosei Tayama
田山涼成

Motoki

Hiroko Nakajima
中島ひろ子

Mitamura

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    An employee of a bank goes missing following his retirement from the bank. Veteran detective Yobuno (Koji Yakusho), who is set to retire himself, is charged with the investigating the missing person case. Det. Yobuno quickly finds more mysterious as he delves into the case, but a woman named Keiko Fukumura (Eri Fukatsu) surfaces who may hold the key to case.

  • Release Date

    2009-04-11

  • Average

    3.7

  • Rating:

    1.9 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語

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