The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio | |
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Directed by | Daihachi Yoshida |
Screenplay by | Daihachi Yoshida and Masahito Kagawa |
Story by | Kazumasa Yoshida |
Based on | Kekkon Sagishi Kuhio Taisa by Kazumasa Yoshida |
Produced by | Shuji Kakimoto |
Starring | Masato Sakai Sakura Ando |
Cinematography | Shoichi Ato |
Edited by | Kumi Okada |
Music by | Tatsuo Kondo |
Production company | Captain Kuhio Production Partners & Monster Ultra |
Distributed by | Showgate |
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Running time | 113 min |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio[1] (クヒオ大佐, Kuhio Taisa, lit. "Captain Kuhio") is a 2009 Japanese comedy-crime film, directed by Daihachi Yoshida, based on Kazumasa Yoshida's 2006 biographical novel, Kekkon Sagishi Kuhio Taisa (lit. "Marriage swindler Captain Kuhio"), that focuses on a real-life marriage swindler, who conned over 100 million yen (US$1.2 million) from a number of women between the 1970s and the 1990s.[2]
The film was released in Japan on 10 October 2009.
At the 31st Yokohama Film Festival[3]