is a 2009 Japanese comedy-crime film, directed by Daihachi Yoshida, based on Kazumasa Yoshida's 2006

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, ''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. The film was released in Japan on 10 October 2009.

Cast

* Masato Sakai - Captain Kuhio *

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- Shinobu Nagano * Hikari Mitsushima - Haru Yasuoka * Yuko Nakamura - Michiko Sudo *

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- Tatsuya Nagano * Kazuya Kojima - Koichi Takahashi *

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- Rika Kinoshita * Masaaki Uchino - Chief Fujiwara *

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- Shigeru Kuroda * Reila Aphrodite * Sei Ando

Awards

At the 31st

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* Best Actor – Masato Sakai * Best Supporting Actress –

References

External links

* 2009 films Films directed by Daihachi Yoshida Films about fraud 2000s Japanese films {{2000s-Japan-film-stub