A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman — an assassin the hustler has no idea how to contact. Instead, he hires an actor to play the role, though the thespian has no idea what he's getting into.
Acting
Satoshi Tsumabuki's magnificent idiot energy as clueless actor Bingo
Writing
Mitani's precision farce where every lie spawns three new disasters
Production
Sukago's artificial port town as perfect theatrical playground
Director
Koki Mitani
Koichi Sato
Taiki Murata
Satoshi Tsumabuki
Bingo
Eri Fukatsu
Mari Takachiho
Haruka Ayase
Natsuko Shikama
Toshiyuki Nishida
Teshio
Yoshimasa Kondo
Konno
Yuki Amami
Woman in Mourning Dress
Kenji Anan
Nojima
Kazuyuki Asano
Dr. Shimizu
Hyōe Enoki
Abesan
Keisuke Horibe
Bambi
Ennosuke Ichikawa
Turtle
Kon Ichikawa
Film Director
Teruyuki Kagawa
Jun
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Koki Mitani wrote this specifically for Satoshi Tsumabuki after seeing his range in Dororo, tailoring the role to his gift for earnest idiocy.
Sukago is a fictional mashup of Yokohama and Chicago—a deliberate artificiality that mirrors the film's obsession with constructed identities and stage-managed reality.
JP
