The Vulture

The Vulture

8.0IMDb Score
Released:2009-06-06
Genre:Drama
Duration:134 min
Country:Japan
Director:Keishi Otomo
Actors:Nao Omori, Tetsuji Tamayama, Chiaki Kuriyama, Kengo Kora, Ryuhei Matsuda
Production:TOHO, NHK Enterprises, Kodansha, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Yahoo! Japan, Tokyo FM, Nippan Group Holdings, TSUTAYA Group, Yomiuri Shimbun Company, Nippon Broadcasting System, Toho Pictures

Overview:

A Japanese company is being targeted by a Chinese financial group that takes advantage of weak and struggling firms - in other words, a vulture. A Japanese financier/former vulture Masahiko Washizu is recruited to fight the threat.

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