Postman Blues

Aug 16, 1997

1h 50m

★ 7.3

Overview

Sawaki is a postman who's not quite thrilled about his boring way of life. But his life is about to change when he delivers mail to his old schoolmate Noguchi, who's now a member of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia, and just finished cutting his little finger off.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

TV Tokyo

Nikkatsu Corporation

Suplex

Postman Blues Trailers

Cast

Ryuichi Sawaki

Shinichi Tsutsumi

Sayoko

Kyooko Tooyama

Joe

Ren Osugi

Noguchi

Keisuke Horibe

Domon

Hiroshi Shimizu

Ran

Ryoko Takizawa

Profiler

Tomorowo Taguchi

Boss of Minato Gang

Akaji Maro

Killer

Diamond Yukai

Police Chief

Sei Hiraizumi

Detective

Ito Yozaburo

Kurokawa

SABU

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