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Hard Luck Hero

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IMDB ID: tt0405004

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The story of three pairs of characters involved one way or the other with the yakuza and a rigged boxing match and fleeing the thugs one way or the other. Filmed as a showcase of the Japanese boy band V6, Hard Luck Hero has food, drink, cars, kickboxing, debt, shooting, theft, blackmail and music.

Japanese

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Masayuki Sakamoto

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Hiroshi Nagano

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Yoshihiko Inohara

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Go Morita

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Ken Miyake

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Junichi Okada

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Sansei Shiomi

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Susumu Terajima

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Arata Furuta

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Naomi Nishida

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SABU

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