Movie
The Fable
Overview
The Fable is a legendary yakuza hitman equal to none—but his boss orders him and his sultry associate to lay low and learn how to live a "normal life" in Osaka.
Details
- Release date
- 2019-06-21
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Shochiku, Nippon Television Network Corporation, J Storm, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Aeon Entertainment, Kodansha, GYAO, Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company, Miyagi Television Broadcasting, Shizuoka Daiichi Television, Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company, Hiroshima Telecasting, Fukuoka Broadcasting System
- Country
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Junichi Okada as Akira Sato / Fable
- Fumino Kimura as Yoko
- Koichi Sato as Boss
- Mizuki Yamamoto as Misaki
- Ken Yasuda as Ebihara
- Yuya Yagira as Kojima
- Osamu Mukai as Sunagawa
- Sota Fukushi as Fudo
- Ryo Kimura as Kudo
- Kai Inowaki as Kuro
- Jiro Sato as Takoda
- Miyagawa Daisuke as Jackal Tomioka
Crew
- Kan Eguchi - Director
- Yusuke Watanabe - Screenplay
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