Paper Lantern (1987)
ちょうちん
A new wave Yakuza film in which Takanori Jinnai plays a young Yakuza suffering from stomach cancer who has very little left to live. This film is based on the posthumous manuscript of Shoji Kaneko, the legendary director who died of cancer after completing work on the hit "Ryuji".
- Date of release
- 1987-05-23
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Action, Drama
- Director
- Shunichi Kajima
Casting
- Takanori Jinnai
- Eri Ishida
- Yoshio Harada
- Mariko Kaga
- Takanobu Hozumi
- Nenji Kobayashi
- Takashi Naito
- Taketoshi Naitō
- Saburo Tokito
- Masayuki Watanabe
- Kazuo Andō
- Eri Nitta
Interesting facts
Chōchin , also known as Paper Lantern, is a 1987 Japanese crime drama film directed by Shunichi Kajima. It is an adaptation of a novel by Shōji Kaneko, who died of cancer four years prior to the film's production. The screenplay was written by Goro Hanawa. It stars Takanori Jinnai in the lead role, alongside Eri Ishida, Yoshio Harada and Mariko Kaga. Toei released Chōchin on May 23, 1987, in Japan, where it was a financial success.
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