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Juzo Itami (writer)
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27 September 1997 (Japan) more
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6 wins & 2 nominations more
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Marutai: Drama, Comedy, Violence & the Triumph of Loyalty more (4 total)
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Nobuko Miyamoto | ... | Isono Biwako |
| Masahiko Nishimura | ... | Detective Tachibana |
| Yuji Murata | ... | Detective Chikamatsu |
| Kazuya Takahashi | ... | Oki Tamayo |
| Masahiko Tsugawa | ... | Shingyoji temple chief clerk |
| Toru Emori | ... | Nihonmatsu, Defence lawyer |
| Akira Nagoya | ... | Hatano, Older detective with glasses |
| Tarô Yamamoto | ... | Nakamura |
| Houka Kinoshita | ... | Eiji |
| Daisuke Ryu | ... | Religious cult leader |
| Yoshimasa Kondô | ... | Koshimizu Maneja |
| Aki Takejo | ... | Assistant Miwa |
| Noboru Mitani | ... | Theatre Producer |
| Toru Masuoka | ... | Prosecutor |
| Akira Takarada | ... | Police commissioner |
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Woman in Witness Protection (International: English title)
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Japan:131 min
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In this made-in-Japan drama/comedy/gangster movie from director Juzo Itami a star actress, Biwako (played by Nobuko Miyamoto), is the sole witness to a grizzly murder. The cops persuade Biwako to play the bait to catch the killers. Two veteran detectives are assigned to protect her at all times, and as the film progresses the guardians have no choice but to deal with the overly dramatic, hilarious, and sometimes harrowing ups-and-downs of Biwako's life. Beautifully shot and dynamically structured in a way that only the Japanese are capable of, Marutai reminds us that sometimes the most loyal friendships are formed under the darkest circumstances.