Takeshi Kitano plays a man named Joon-pyong Kim, aka Kim Shunpei who leaves his South Korean home in 1923 to seek power and fortune in Osaka, Japan. Facing discrimination and forced into hard labor, his resilience and determination allows him to build up his own fish cake business. He proves to be a ruthless business owner, but he can never seem to get enough money. Eventually his greed eventually leads him into loansharking where his cruel nature really comes through.

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In Komori Seikatsu Kojo Club, character actor Arata Furuta plays Komori; an ordinary, middle-aged business executive who’s recently begun to get fed up with people walking all over him. At home his wife and child make him out to be an idiot and at work his subordinates don’t respect him. One day while on a commuter train he reaches his breaking point as a woman makes false accusations about being groped, causing Komori to have his first violent outburst. From that point on he’s filled with an overwhelming sense of justice and becomes determined to completely rid his community of all crime. Before long, enthusiastic supporters start to idolize him and his work.

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When some bank robbers are betrayed and left stranded by one of their own, they hijack an ordinary salaryman named Kenichi Asakura (Shinichi Tsutsumi) and force him to drive after the stolen loot. However, the uptight Asakura is unwilling to go over the speed limit or disobey the rules of the road, even when threatened with death.

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When some bank robbers are betrayed and left stranded by one of their own, they hijack an ordinary salaryman named Kenichi Asakura (Shinichi Tsutsumi) and force him to drive after the stolen loot. However, the uptight Asakura is unwilling to go over the speed limit or disobey the rules of the road, even when threatened with death.

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When some bank robbers are betrayed and left stranded by one of their own, they hijack an ordinary salaryman named Kenichi Asakura (Shinichi Tsutsumi) and force him to drive after the stolen loot. However, the uptight Asakura is unwilling to go over the speed limit or disobey the rules of the road, even when threatened with death.

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