Shangri-La (2002)

7.4/10 104 min Comedy Drama

Overview

Shangri-La follows the lives of a group of homeless people in Japan who run into a man who nearly commits suicide and decide to help him out of his financial troubles. Using their various ingenious resources they embark on a complex scheme to blackmail a crooked businessman, whose bankruptcy claim has put people out of work. It’s a fun romp as these seemingly homeless people manage to outsmart the very people who cast them from society.

Cast

Show Aikawa

Village Headman

Shiro Sano

Kuwata

Yuu Tokui

Seisuke Umemoto

Midoriko Kimura

Fusae

Akaji Maro

Ookura Nagashima

Takashi Ebata

Matsui

Yojin Hino

Takeda

Toshiki Ayata

Etô

Shigeru Muroi

Mari

Miyako Kawahara

Ayumu Saito

Houka Kinoshita

Umekawa

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