Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers

Jul 2, 2005

1h 30m

★ 6.3

Overview

Suzume Katagura, a bored housewife, spends her days doing chores and taking care of her husband's pet turtle. One day, she sees a wanted ad for spies. Hoping for some excitement in her life, she decides to give them a call.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Wilco Co.

Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers Trailers

Cast

Suzume Katakura

Juri Ueno

Kujaku Ogitani

Yu Aoi

Shizuo Kugitani

Ryo Iwamatsu

Etsuko Kugitani

Eri Fuse

Kato

Jun Kaname

Nakanishi

Masatô Ibu

Nirayama

Shunsuke Matsuoka

Ramen Chef

Yutaka Matsushige

Policeman

Kenji Mizuhashi

Barber

Yoichi Nukumizu

Proprietor of sweets shop

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Suzume's Husband

Joe Odagiri

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