The Passenger (2005)
Directed by François Rotger

Drama / Thriller

Film Synopsis

Naoki Sando, a Yakuza, is outraged when he learns that his adopted son Kohji is sleeping with his daughter Hiroko.  Ejected from his comfortable home, Kohji gets by as a hustler, doubting he will ever be able to patch things up with his adopted father.  A few years later, he is contacted by Hiroko and given an opportunity to redeem himself.  It appears that Sando's unscrupulous partner Marc Tanner has fled to Canada with his boss's funds.  To be reunited with his former sweetheart, all that Kohji has to do is to follow Tanner to Montreal, kill him and retrieve the stolen money...
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Film Credits

  • Director: François Rotger
  • Script: François Rotger
  • Cinematographer: Georges Lechaptois
  • Music: Olivia Bouyssou, Dan Levy, Olivia B. Merilahti
  • Cast: Yûsuke Iseya (Kohji), Gabrielle Lazure (Viv Tanner), Ryo Kase (Akira), Kumi Kaneko (Hiroko Sando), Yôsuke Natsuki (Naoki Sando), François Trottier (Tanner), Veroushka Knoge (Vera), Miki Aoshima (Gardienne du lycée), Francine Beaudry (La serveuse), Yoshiyuki Doi (Policier homme), Domenico Fiore (Casal), Akira Fujino (Terada), Sayaka Fukasawa (La réceptionniste de l'hôpital), Marc Gourdeau (L'homme en bleu), Phong Doan Huy (Le cascadeur), Masao Ishida (Le médecin), Shogi Ishiguro (Jeune yakusa), Kazuki Ishii (Prostitué), Toshiko Isuyama (L'infirmière), Kazunari Kakinuma (Jeune yakusa)
  • Country: Canada / France / Japan
  • Language: French / Japanese / English
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 88 min

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