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Toad's Oil
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Toad's Oil

2009-06-06 · 131 min · ★ 7.0

Drama

The story of Takuro Yazawa, a day trader who claims he can earn hundreds of millions of yen in one day, and those around him as they attempt to cope with the death of his son and somehow find a way to benefit spiritually from the experience.

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Directors
Koji Yakusho
Production companies
Pyramid Film, Phantom Film, TV Tokyo, NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan, Eisei Gekijo, dentsu
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

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Koji YakushoKoji YakushoTakuro Yazawa
Eita NagayamaEita NagayamaTetsuya Yazawa
Satomi KobayashiSatomi KobayashiTerumi Yazawa
Fumi NikaidoFumi NikaidoHikari
Kaoru YachigusaKaoru YachigusaHikari's Grandmother

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