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Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final (2016)
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Original name: 闇金ウシジマくん ザ・ファイナル
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A classmate from Ushijima's middle school days, Takemoto, shows up. He was a kind man, but now is jobless and without a home. Adrift and unable to borrow money from Ushijima, Takemoto heads for Seiai Home where he can stay while doing work.
Style:
tense, dark drama, captivating, satirical, bleak, intense, grim, crime thriller, psychological, noir
Plot:
criminal underworld, poverty, debt, desperation, loan shark, bandit, money, gang, criminal, social problems, problem, stolen money, satire, urban setting, money problems, survival, organized crime, mature, realism, exploitation, homelessness, moral ambiguity, social commentary, violence, yakuza ...
Time:
2010s, contemporary
Place:
japan, tokyo
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