Shangri-La (2002)

Comedy
Drama

Shangri-La 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 to blackmail a crooked businessman, whose bankruptcy claim has put people out of work. It’s a fun romp as these seemingly homeless people manage to outsmart the very people who cast them from society.

Cast

Village Headman
Show Aikawa
Kuwata
Shirō Sano
Attorney
Y Yûji Aoki
T Tsutomu Itô
M Miyako Kawahara
M Masumi Kiyota
K Kazuhiro Kuwata
Worker
S Shou Ohkura
Ayumu Saito
S Shintarô Takado
Y Yuuji Tatsumi
Umekawa
Houka Kinoshita
Seisuke Umemoto
Yuu Tokui
Nao Omori
Fusae
Midoriko Kimura
Uehara
K Kogan Ashiya
Ookura Nagashima
Akaji Maro
Matsui
Takashi Ebata
Takeda
Yojin Hino
Etô
Toshiki Ayata
Mari
Shigeru Muroi

Crew

Director
Takashi Miike
Novel
Y Yûji Aoki
Screenplay
M Masakuni Takahashi
Producer
Y Yoichi Arishige
Other
K Kazuhisa Kawaguchi
Producer
S Shusaku Matsuoka
Producer
K Kazushi Miki
Executive Producer
T Tsuneo Ochi
Other
K Ken Takeuchi
Producer
M Motomu Tomita
Executive Producer
Tsutomu Tsuchikawa
Original Music Composer
Koji Endo
Editor
Y Yasushi Shimamura
Production Design
A Akira Ishige
Production Manager
K Katsuhiro Ogawa
Other
B Bunmei Katô
Other
Y Yoshiya Obara
Sound Effects Editor
Kenji Shibasaki
Lighting Technician
A Akira Ono
Director of Photography
H Hideo Yamamoto