The Mole Song: Final

2021 2h 9m JA

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7.0

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★7.0TMDB · 10

ComedyActionCrime

Synopsis

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Reiji's final mission is to prevent the smuggling of 600 billion yen of drugs. For his mission, he gets on luxury passenger ship and he faces his strongest enemy to date.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Toma Ikuta
Reiji Kikukawa
Riisa Naka
Junna Wakaki
Ryohei Suzuki
Retsuo Todoroki
Shinichi Tsutsumi
Masaya Hiura
Nanao
Kochou
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Toshio Sakami
Kenichi Endo
Kazumi Akagiri
Koichi Iwaki
Shuho Todoroki

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Takashi Miike
Writers: Kankuro Kudo
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 5 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Mole Song Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Takashi Miike, shot by Nobuyasu Kita. 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 Koji Endo. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Naoichiro Sagara shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Toma Ikuta and Riisa Naka and Ryohei Suzuki carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt14941348 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 10 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Takashi Miike directs. Nobuyasu Kita behind the camera. Koji Endo scores. Naoichiro Sagara cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 5 years ago.
2Part of the "The Mole Song Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Takashi Miike, shot by Nobuyasu Kita. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Koji Endo. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Naoichiro Sagara shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Toma Ikuta and Riisa Naka and Ryohei Suzuki carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt14941348 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 10 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Classified under 8 themes, including "drug smuggling", "undercover agent", "yakuza", "organized crime".

The technical file

Cinematography: Nobuyasu Kita
Original score: Koji Endo
Editing: Naoichiro Sagara
Production design: Yuji Hayashida
Sound: Jun Nakamura
Stunt coordinator: Masayoshi Deguchi
Runtime: 129 min · 2h 9m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
Certification (US): R18+
IMDB: The Mole Song: Final (2021)

Part of

The Mole Song Collection

A Japanese action comedy film series directed by Takashi Miike, written by by Kankuro Kudo based on the popular manga series Mogura no Uta by Noboru Takahashi.