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Toad's Oil (2009)

Original title: ガマの油

2009-06-06 · 2h 11m · JA
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The Yazawa family consists of the father Takuro (Koji Yakusho) - who is always busy day trading, charming wife Erumi (Satomi Kobayashi), and teenage son Tetsuya (Eita) - who dreams of becoming an astronaut. The family is also joined by Saburo Akiba (Junichi Sawayashiki), a good-natured teen recently released from a juvenile corrections facility. Then one day Tetsuya falls into a coma from a car accident. A chain of events is set to occur set-off by the father taking a phone call from an unsuspecting girl named Hikari. The father pretends to be his son Tokuya...

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Koji YakushoDirector

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Koji YakushoKoji YakushoTakuro YazawaEita NagayamaEita NagayamaTetsuya YazawaSatomi KobayashiSatomi KobayashiTerumi YazawaFumi NikaidoFumi NikaidoHikariKaoru YachigusaKaoru YachigusaHikari's grandmother

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FamilyCar accident

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Genre affinityDramaTheme affinityFamily · Car AccidentDialogue densityDramaPacingLongEmotional intensityFamilyDirector preference46228

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What is Toad's Oil about?

The Yazawa family consists of the father Takuro (Koji Yakusho) - who is always busy day trading, charming wife Erumi (Satomi Kobayashi), and teenage son Tetsuya (Eita) - who dreams of becoming an astronaut. The family is also joined by Saburo Akiba (Junichi Sawayashiki), a good-natured teen recently released from a juvenile corrections facility. Then one day Tetsuya falls into a coma from a car accident. A chain of events is set to occur set-off by the father taking a phone call from an unsuspecting girl named Hikari. The father pretends to be his son Tokuya...

How long is Toad's Oil?

Toad's Oil has a runtime of 131 minutes.