Shangri-La

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About the film

Shangri-La

Release Date: August 03, 2002

Year	:	2002
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Genres	:	Comedy, Drama
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Director	:	Takashi Miike
Producers	:	Yoichi Arishige, Kazuhisa Kawaguchi, Shusaku Matsuoka, Kazushi Miki, Tsuneo Ochi, Ken Takeuchi, Motomu Tomita, Tsutomu Tsuchikawa, Katsuhiro Ogawa
Writers	:	Yûji Aoki, Masakuni Takahashi
RunTime	:	104 mins.

Shangri-La follows the lives of a group of homeless people in Japan who run into a man who nearly commits suicide and decide to help him out of his financial troubles. Using their various ingenious resources they embark on a complex scheme to blackmail a crooked businessman, whose bankruptcy claim has put people out of work. It’s a fun romp as these seemingly homeless people manage to outsmart the very people who cast them from society.