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Rainbow Kids
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Rainbow Kids

1991-01-15 · 120 min · ★ 6.7

Drama · Comedy

A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they propose to demand as ransom, and a strange interchange of roles takes place.

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Directors
Kihachi Okamoto
Production companies
Kihachi Productions, Fuji Eight Company Ltd., Nichimen Corporation
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Ken OgataKen OgataInspector Daigoro Igari
Tanie KitabayashiTanie KitabayashiMrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa
Toru KazamaToru KazamaThunder
Hiroshi NishikawaRain
Katsuyasu UchidaWind
Shigeru KōyamaShigeru KōyamaKunijiro Yanagawa, 1st son
Kumi MizunoKumi MizunoKanako Yanagawa, 1st daughter
Ittoku KishibeIttoku KishibeDaisaku Yanagawa, 2nd son
Kōen OkumuraKōen OkumuraAnzai, the Chauffeur
Hideyo AmamotoHideyo AmamotoKushida, the Butler
Reiko MatsunagaKimi, the Chambermaid
Nami TamuraNami TamuraEiko Yanagawa, 2nd daughter
Mami OkamotoKuniko
Shōji ŌkiPolice Officer
Ren YamamotoRen YamamotoPolice Officer
Masato Nagamori
Tatsuhiko Tomoi
Keiji Yoshioka
Kenji Matsuzaki
Isao Washû

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