Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau Riche

1996 1h 21m JA

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8.0

BANGER

★8.0TMDB · 2

Synopsis

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A duo get mixed up with a girl who finds a trunk load full of heroin.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Show Aikawa
Yuji
Koyo Maeda
Kosaku
Ren Osugi
Suzuki
Shintarô Takado
Masayuki Shionoya
Tarō Suwa
Sachiko Suzuki
Minako
Yoriko Doguchi
Yumiko

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Writers: Hiroaki Jinno, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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81 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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30 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, shot by Tokushō Kikumura. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Torsten Rasch. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Show Aikawa and Koyo Maeda and Ren Osugi carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0317816 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Kiyoshi Kurosawa directs. Tokushō Kikumura behind the camera. Torsten Rasch scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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181 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
230 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, shot by Tokushō Kikumura. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Torsten Rasch. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Show Aikawa and Koyo Maeda and Ren Osugi carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0317816 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.