Kin'yû hametsu Nippon: Tôgenkyô no hito-bito

Name: Kin'yû hametsu Nippon: Tôgenkyô no hito-bito
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2002-09-07
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Shō Aikawa, Shirô Sano, Yū Tokui, Midoriko Kimura, Kogan Ashiya

IMDb ID: tt0316819 · Year: 2002 · Rating: 6.8 (242 votes)

Genres: Comedy · Drama

Follows the lives of a group of homeless people in Japan who run into a man who nearly commits suicide and decide to help him out of his financial troubles. Using their various ingenious resources they embark on a complex scheme t...

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesBrazil: Kin'yû hametsu Nippon: Tôgenkyô no hito-bito
Germany: Kin'yû hametsu Nippon: Tôgenkyô no hito-bito
Canada: Shangri-La (English)
World-wide: Shangri-La (English)
World-wide: Japan Goes Bankrupt (English, literal English title)
Italy: Shangry-La
Japan: Tôgenkyô (Japanese, short title)
Japan: Tôgenkyô no hitobito (Japanese, Working Title)
Japan: 金融破滅ニッポン　桃源郷の人々 (Japanese)
Shangri-LaRelease Date2002-09-07Runtime105 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews2Critic Reviews2Countries / RegionsJapanLanguagesJapaneseKeywordsbased on novelProduction CompaniesDaiei
Video Planning
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (YTV)Official SitesKinyuu hametsu Nippon - http://www.daiei.tokuma.com/togenkyo/IMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316819/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/03/tt0316819.jpgUpdated At2025-09-09T13:21:29

Directors

Takashi Miike

Writers

Yûji Aoki
Masakuni Takahashi

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Shō Aikawa | Character: Village headman
Actor: Shirô Sano | Character: Kuwata
Actor: Yū Tokui | Character: Seisuke Umemoto
Actor: Midoriko Kimura | Character: Fusae
Actor: Kogan Ashiya | Character: Uehara
Actor: Akaji Maro | Character: Ookura Nagashima
Actor: Takashi Ebata | Character: Matsui
Actor: Yôjin Hino | Character: Takeda
Actor: Toshiki Ayata | Character: Etô
Actor: Hôka Kinoshita | Character: Umekawa
Actor: Shigeru Muroi | Character: Mari
Actor: Yûji Aoki | Character: Attorney
Actor: Tsutomu Itô | Character: Actor
Actor: Miyako Kawahara | Character: Actress
Actor: Masumi Kiyota | Character: Actress
Actor: Kazuhiro Kuwata | Character: Actor
Actor: Shou Ohkura | Character: Worker
Actor: Ayumu Saitô | Character: Actor
Actor: Shintarô Takado | Character: Actor
Actor: Yuuji Tatsumi | Character: Actor
Actor: Nao Ōmori | Character: Actor

[Directors Group]
Name: Takashi Miike | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Yûji Aoki | Role: Writer
Name: Masakuni Takahashi | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Yoichi Arishige | Role: Producer
Name: Kazuhisa Kawaguchi | Role: Producer
Name: Shûsaku Matsuoka | Role: Producer
Name: Kazushi Miki | Role: Producer
Name: Tsuneo Ochi | Role: Producer
Name: Ken Takeuchi | Role: Producer
Name: Motomu Tomita | Role: Producer
Name: Tsutomu Tsuchikawa | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Kôji Endô | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Hideo Yamamoto | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Yasushi Shimamura | Role: Editor

[Production Design Group]
Name: Akira Ishige | Role: Production Designer

[Production Management]
Name: Katsuhiro Ogawa | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Bunmei Katô | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Sound Department]
Name: Yoshiya Obara | Role: Sound Department
Name: Kenji Shibasaki | Role: Sound Department

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Akira Ono | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

Trailers

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316819/videogallery/

Release Schedule

Japan: August 3, 2002 (Sennichimae Kokusai Cinema)
Japan: September 7, 2002
Canada: September 26, 2002 (Vancouver International Film Festival)
Italy: April 2003 (Udine Far East Film Festival)
Hungary: February 11, 2005
Uganda: January 14, 2011 (Japanese Film Festival)

Awards

Nominee | 2003 | Udine Far East Film Festival | Audience Award | Takashi Miike, Kinyû hametsu Nippon: Tôgenkyô no hitobito

Box Office

No box office data listed on IMDb.

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