

Toad's Oil
2009-06-06 · 131 min · ★ 7.0
The story of Takuro Yazawa, a day trader who claims he can earn hundreds of millions of yen in one day, and those around him as they attempt to cope with the death of his son and somehow find a way to benefit spiritually from the experience.
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- Directors
- Koji Yakusho
- Production companies
- Pyramid Film, Phantom Film, TV Tokyo, NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan, Eisei Gekijo, dentsu
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Koji YakushoTakuro Yazawa
Eita NagayamaTetsuya Yazawa
Satomi KobayashiTerumi Yazawa
Fumi NikaidoHikari
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