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Light The Explosives

19591h 33mMovieActionDrama

Three young men face off against corrupt officials and Yakuza in order to complete a reclamation project of the coastal embankment, who try to derail the project every step of the way until a tsunami hits, putting everyone in danger.

DirectorKoreyoshi Kurahara
WritersIchirō Ikeda·Keiichi Abe

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Cast · Directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara

AKAkira Kobayashi
Akira Kobayashi
Chūji Nakanishi (President of the Nakanishi-gumi construction company)
MSMari Shiraki
Mari Shiraki
Chikako Shiga (Photographer)
MOMasumi Okada
Masumi Okada
Jirō Sugi (Civil engineer for Nakanishi-gumi)
KNKō Nishimura
Kō Nishimura
Sakamaki (Trade journal reporter)
KUKenjiro Uemura
Kenjiro Uemura
Gorō Hasegawa (Fūtarō)
HKHiroshi Kondō
Hiroshi Kondō
Tomioka (Technical official, Kanagawa Prefectural Port Division)
SAShinsuke Ashida
Shinsuke Ashida
Takamitsu Sesato (President of Teikoku Kin'yū)
SYShōji Yasui
Shōji Yasui
Susumu Suda (Fūtarō, a former doctor)
YUYasukiyo Umeno
Yasukiyo Umeno
Tatsuhiko Ōe (Nakanishi-gumi accountant; nicknamed "Shibuchin")
SDShin Date
Shin Date
Sōichirō Shiga (Branch manager at Kanagawa Bank; Chikako's father)
HHHiroshi Hijikata
Hiroshi Hijikata
Kyūsaku Gonda (Fūtarō)
SM
Sanpei Mine
Kanji (Kitchen Staff, Nakanishi-gumi)

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