Life Improvement Club

2008 1h 48m JA

Drama

Synopsis

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Arata Furuta plays a disgruntled saleryman fed up with being stepped on at home and at work, decides to get revenge on those who do bad things by killing them, only to gain a group of followers.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Arata Furuta
Shoichi Komori
Chiaki Kuriyama
Shizue
Shugo Oshinari
Kitazawa
Narimi Arimori
Taeko Komori
Shiro Sano
Ueda
Kosuke Toyohara
Shimoda
Shuko Ito
Goki Maeda

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kazuki Katashima
Writers: Jiro Yoshikawa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kazuki Katashima, shot by Takanobu Kato. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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CAST

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Arata Furuta and Chiaki Kuriyama and Shugo Oshinari carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1319634 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Kazuki Katashima directs. Takanobu Kato behind the camera. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

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1Released 18 years ago.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Kazuki Katashima, shot by Takanobu Kato. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Arata Furuta and Chiaki Kuriyama and Shugo Oshinari carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt1319634 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.