Sabu (film)

Sabu
Directed by	Takashi Miike
Music by	Kōji Endō
Cinematography	Hideo Yamamoto
Release dates	2002
Running time	122
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Sabu is a 2002 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike and adapted from the classic Japanese rite-of-passage novel by Shūgorō Yamamoto.

Plot

Framed for a crime he did not commit, Eiji is subjected to the harsh realities of the Ishikawa Island workhouse. Sabu, Eiji's longtime friend, must discover who is responsible for his incarceration, before prison life consumes him completely.

Cast

• Tatsuya Fujiwara as Eiji
• Satoshi Tsumabuki as Sabu
• Tomoko Tabata as Onobu
• Kazue Fukiishi as Osue
• Kenji Sawada as Okayasu
• Naomasa Rokudaira as Matsuda
• Tatsuo Yamada as Ryojiro Kojima
• Yoshiki Arizono as Yohei
• Keisuke Horibe
• Kenichi Endo as Giichi
• Naomasa Musaka
• Mayuko Nishiyama as Osono
• Ren Osugi as Heizo
• Hiroshi Tamaki as Kinta
• Yoji Tanaka as Toku

Other credits

• Writing credits:
  • Hiroshi Takeyama: screenplay
  • Shūgorō Yamamoto: novel
• First assistant director: Masato Tanno

Bibliography

• Mes, Tom (2003). "Sabu (2002)". Agitator: The Cinema of Takashi Miike. Godalming: FAB Press. pp. 280–285, 397. ISBN 1-903254-21-3. 

External links

• Internet Movie Database