Film

Shangri-La

Name: Shangri-La
Director: Takashi Miike
Released: 2002
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Show Aikawa, Shirō Sano, Yuu Tokui, Midoriko Kimura, Kogan Ashiya

2002 · 104 min · ★ 7.4 · Dir. Takashi Miike

Shangri-La follows the lives of a group of homeless people in Japan who run into a man who nearly commits suicide and decide to help him out of his financial troubles. Using their various ingenious resources they embark on a complex scheme to blackmail a crooked businessman, whose bankruptcy claim has put people out of work. It’s a fun romp as these seemingly homeless people manage to outsmart the very people who cast them from society.