The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio explained

The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
Director:Daihachi Yoshida
Producer:Shuji Kakimoto
Screenplay:Daihachi Yoshida and Masahito Kagawa
Story:Kazumasa Yoshida
Starring:Masato Sakai
Sakura Ando
Music:Tatsuo Kondo
Cinematography:Shoichi Ato
Editing:Kumi Okada
Studio:Captain Kuhio Production Partners & Monster Ultra
Distributor:Showgate
Runtime:113 min
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese

is a 2009 Japanese comedy-crime film, directed by Daihachi Yoshida, based on Kazumasa Yoshida's 2006 biographical novel, Kekkon Sagishi Kuhio Taisa ("Marriage swindler Captain Kuhio"), that focuses on a real-life marriage swindler, who conned over 100 million yen (US$1.2 million) from a number of women between the 1970s and the 1990s.[1]

The film was released in Japan on 10 October 2009.

Cast

Awards

At the 31st Yokohama Film Festival[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Masato Sakai stars in film based on real-life marriage swindler. Tokyograph.
  2. Web site: http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/31-2009/31_2009_shou.html . ja:第31回ヨコハマ映画祭 2009年日本映画個人賞 . 2010-12-13. Japanese. Yokohama Film Festival.