Sabu is a 2002 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike

Takashi Miike

is a highly prolific and controversial Japanese filmmaker. He has directed over seventy theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. In the years 2001 and 2002 alone, Miike is credited with directing fifteen productions...

 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
  Tatsuya Fujiwara
  is a Japanese television and film actor.-Biography:Born in Saitama, Fujiwara has had an interest in acting from a young age.He is famous for acting the part of Shuya Nanahara in the controversial 2000 film Battle Royale and continues the character as a leader of the Wild Seven in the sequel, Battle...
  
   as Eiji
• Satoshi Tsumabuki
  Satoshi Tsumabuki
  is a Japanese actor. His breakthrough film was Waterboys for which he was nominated for the 'Best Actor' award at the Japanese Academy Awards, and won the 'Newcomer of the Year' prize...
  
   as Sabu
• Tomoko Tabata
  Tomoko Tabata
  -TV:*Watashi No Aozora - Nazuna *Shinsengumi! - Kondo Tsune, Kondo Isami's wife-References:...
  
   as Onobu
• Kazue Fukiishi
  Kazue Fukiishi
  is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival for What the Snow Brings, Tegami and Memories of Tomorrow.-Filmography:* Sabu...
  
   as Osue
• Kenji Sawada
  Kenji Sawada
  , nicknamed "Julie" , also-known as vocalist for the Japanese rock band The Tigers, is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist and actor. He was born in Tsunoi, Iwami , Tottori Prefecture, Japan, and raised in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto at age 3...
  
   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
  Ren Osugi
  , born , is a Japanese actor. For his work in Cure, Hana-bi and other films, Osugi was given the Best Supporting Actor award at the 1999 Yokohama Film Festival...
  
   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

External links

• Internet Movie Database