The loan shark with a heart of... well, bronze. Maybe copper.
When the recession hits, Osaka-based loan shark Ginjiro Manda decides to help out small business owners in trouble, but finds himself face-to-face with the yakuza who come to collect debts.
Acting
Riki Takeuchi's glare could freeze a yakitori grill.
Production
Osaka locations that feel lived-in, not tourist-brochure.
Director
Sadaaki Haginiwa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This captures early-90s Japan's burst bubble economy, when 'kigyou shindan' corporate failures made debt collectors oddly sympathetic figures in pop culture.
Based on a long-running manga by Man Gataro; the film compresses years of serialized storytelling into 83 minutes, which explains the episodic structure.
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