The Magic Hour
Japanese poster
Directed by	Kōki Mitani
Written by	Kōki Mitani
Music by	Kiyoko Ogino
Cinematography	Hideo Yamamoto
Editing by	Soichi Ueno
Distributed by	Tōhō
Released	June 7, 2008
Running time	136 min.
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The Magic Hour (ザ・マジックアワー, The Magic Hour) is a 2008 Japanese movie written and directed by Koki Mitani.

Plot summaryEdit

A gangster (Satoshi Tsumabuki) is having an affair with his boss's wife (Toshiyuki Nishida). When he's found out he promises to redeem himself by recruiting a famous hitman. Instead, he hires a no-name actor (Koichi Sato) to fill the role until he can find a suitable replacement.^[1]

CastEdit

• Kōichi Satō ... Taiki Murata
• Satoshi Tsumabuki ... Bingo
• Eri Fukatsu ... Mari Takachiho
• Haruka Ayase ... Natsuko Shikama
• Toshiyuki Nishida ... Teshio
• Yūki Amami ... Woman in mourning dress
• Kenji Anan ... Nojima
• Kazuyuki Asano ... Dr Shimizu
• Hyoei Enoki ... Abesan
• Keisuke Horibe ... Bambi
• Goro Ibuki ... Takashi Shikama
• Kamejirō Ichikawa
• Kon Ichikawa ... Film director
• Manjiro Ichimura ... Sugawara
• Teruyuki Kagawa ... Jun
• Zen Kajihara
• Toshiaki Karasawa ... Abeshi
• Fumiyo Kohinata ... Kenjuro Hasegawa
• Masahiro Kōmoto ... Ota
• Yoshimasa Kondō ... Konno
• Kiichi Nakai ... Toru Iwata
• Kyōka Suzuki ... Sayoko
• Shōsuke Tanihara ... Niko
• Susumu Terajima ... Hiromi Kurokawa
• Yasufumi Terawaki ... Wanchai Bhandarkar
• Keiko Toda ... Madame Ranko
• Yumi Usui
• Kōji Yamamoto ... Grumbling Man
• Shinichi Yanagisawa ... Makoto Takase

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Mitani gets ready to produce "Magic Hour" at Kaiju Shakedown