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Messengers(1999)
Status: Released
Date: 1999-08-21
60%
11 Votes
Time: 1h 58m
When the going gets tough, try to overtake...
Overview:
Naomi Shimizu is a young career woman working for Enrico Dandolo, an Italian fashion house. That is until one day the company declares bankruptcy. Accustomed to living in luxury she tries to make a run for it with the last remaining company asset, a red Alpha Romeo sports car. Unfortunately she recklessly collides with an bicycle messenger. Lacking any funds to pay for a settlement, she end up having to work as a bicycle messenger.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Messengers
Top 10 Billed Cast
飯島直子
Naomi Shimizu
草彅剛
Hironori Suzuki
矢部浩之
Shigekazu Yokota
京野ことみ
Yumiko Abe
加山雄三
Makoto Shimano
小木茂光
Yoshihisa Ota
青木伸輔
Noriyuki Hattori
別所哲也
Hiroshi Okano
伊藤裕子
Mamiko Maekawa
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Overview
Naomi Shimizu is a young career woman working for Enrico Dandolo, an Italian fashion house. That is until one day the company declares bankruptcy. Accustomed to living in luxury she tries to make a run for it with the last remaining company asset, a red Alpha Romeo sports car. Unfortunately she recklessly collides with an bicycle messenger. Lacking any funds to pay for a settlement, she end up having to work as a bicycle messenger.
Release Date
1999-08-21
Average
6
Rating:
3.0 startsTagline
When the going gets tough, try to overtake...
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