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Hard Luck Hero

2003·79 min

Hard Luck Hero

Directed by SABU

ActionComedyCrime

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.

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Masayuki Sakamoto

Tadashi Ikeyama

Kenta Kishimoto

Yoshihiko Inohara

Naoto Ishii

Kenji Fujita

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Taro Nagamatsuya

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Arishige Shimomura

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Yasuhisa Murase

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Hard Luck Hero (2003) is about 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.

Who directed Hard Luck Hero?

SABU directed Hard Luck Hero (2003).

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