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Paper Lantern

10.019871h 40mMovieActionDrama

A new wave Yakuza film in which Takanori Jinnai plays a young Yakuza suffering from stomach cancer who has very little left to live. This film is based on the posthumous manuscript of Shoji Kaneko, the legendary director who died of cancer after completing work on the hit "Ryuji".

DirectorShunichi Kajima
WriterGoro Hanawa

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Cast · Directed by Shunichi Kajima

TJTakanori Jinnai
Takanori Jinnai
EIEri Ishida
Eri Ishida
YHYoshio Harada
Yoshio Harada
MKMariko Kaga
Mariko Kaga
THTakanobu Hozumi
Takanobu Hozumi
NKNenji Kobayashi
Nenji Kobayashi
TNTakashi Naito
Takashi Naito
TNTaketoshi Naitō
Taketoshi Naitō
STSaburo Tokito
Saburo Tokito
MW
Masayuki Watanabe
KA
Kazuo Andō
EN
Eri Nitta

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Paper Lantern hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around July 11, 1987. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.