Japan / Nov 07, 2015 / PG12
1h 59min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Movie contains the stories of three people: Suzuki (Toma Ikuta), Kujira (Tadanobu Asano) and Semi (Ryosuke Yamada). Suzuki is a former middle school teacher. His girlfriend was killed, which led him to quit his job and attempt to take revenge on her murderer. To do so, Suzuki has to infiltrate the underground world of criminals. Kujira is a contract killer for hire. He makes his targets fall into confusion and eventually commit suicide. Semi is a contract killer who uses the knife to take out his targets.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Hidetaka Yoshioka | Asagao |
| Ryudo Uzaki | Bourei |
| Renji Ishibashi | Terahara |
| Aimi Satsukawa | Mesh’s Woman |
| Hako Yamasaki | Momo |
| Norihito Kaneko | Terahara Jr |
| Kozo Sato | |
| Tetsuhiro Sai | |
| Daisuke Nagakura | |
| So Yamanaka | |
| Kika Kobayashi | |
| Shio Ishizuka | |
| Hiroshi Suzuki | |
| Akito Fujii | |
| Ozuno Nakamura |
Genres
CrimeThrillerActionDrama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | グラスホッパー |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | KADOKAWA, Shochiku, Happinet, dentsu, J Storm, The Asahi Shimbun, KADOKAWA Daiei Studio |
| Official site | grasshopper-movie.jp |
| Release date | 7 novembre 2015 |
| Executive producer | Shinichirou Inoue |
| Production | Takayuki Sugizaki, Shigeo Minakami, Yoshikazu Tsubaki |
| Writer | Kotaro Isaka, Takeshi Aoshima |
| Editing | Nobuyuki Takahashi |
| Cinematography | Yoshitaka Sakamoto |
| Assistant directors | Seitaro Kai, Tomoyuki Takimoto |
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| Lighting | Naoyuki Hori |
| Camera operators | Yoshitaka Sakamoto |
| Additional photography | Yoshitaka Sakamoto |
| Production design | Atsuro Hirai, Takeshi Yanagisawa |
| Art direction | Takeshi Yanagisawa, Atsuro Hirai |
| Set decoration | Takeshi Yanagisawa, Atsuro Hirai |
| Visual effects | Michiki Nobutaka |
| Music | Hibiki Inamoto, Kenji Shibasaki, Yasuo Takano |
| Sound | Kenji Shibasaki, Yasuo Takano, Hibiki Inamoto |
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