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Ushijima the Loan Shark 2 (2014)
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Original name: 闇金ウシジマくん Part2
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Ushijima runs Kaukau Fiance, a black market lending agency which scourges its clients with interest rates as high as 50% for 10 days. Ushijima chases down his debtors, who normally come from the bottom of society, with ruthless efficacy.
Style:
funny, humorous, captivating, entertaining, bleak, intense, dark drama, crime thriller, tense, noir ...
Plot:
debt, black market, superhero, criminal underworld, loan shark, money, finance, business and finance, financial problem, needing money, money problems, poverty, organized crime, street life, moral ambiguity, social realism, survival, yakuza, corruption, gang violence, exploitation, confrontation, lawlessness, violent, character study ...
Time:
2010s, contemporary
Place:
tokyo, japan
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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.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Japan
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Duration: 98 min.
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Plot:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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