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Ushijima the Loan Shark

2012 · 129 min Drama
6.8 / 10 · TMDB

Mirai Suzuki (Yuko Oshima) becomes responsible for her mother's debt which is owed to loan shark Kaoru Ushijima (Takayuki Yamada). To begin paying off her mother's debt, Mirai begins working at a dating cafe. Meanwhile, Jun (Kento Hayashi) is the ambitious and greedy company president for an event group. To borrow money, Jun visits Kaukau Finance owned by Kaoru Ushijima.

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Original Title 闇金ウシジマくん
Year 2012
Country Japan
Genre Drama
Director Masatoshi Yamaguchi
Runtime 129 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.8/10 (16 votes)

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The film pulls back the curtain on a shadow economy where debt is a life sentence and desperation is the currency. It's a brutal, unflinching look at how people become trapped by their own needs and the predators who feed on them.

What lingers after the credits roll is a sense of visceral unease about the systems that profit from vulnerability. It's a cautionary tale told with grim efficiency. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Masatoshi Yamaguchi

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