The Mole Song - Undercover Agent REIJI
Original Title
土竜の唄 潜入捜査官 REIJI
Mogura no uta: Sennyuu sousakan Reiji
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Release : Feb-15-2014 Duration : 130min. ©︎2014NOBORU TAKAHASHI, SHOGAKUKAN/FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK/SHOGAKUKAN/JSTORM/TOHO/OLM
STAFF
Director : Takashi Miike (Laplace’s Witch) Original Story : Noboru Takahashi Screenplay : Kankuro Kudo (Punksamurai Slash Down) CAST
Toma Ikuta (My Teacher) Riisa Naka (Mitsuko Delivers) Takayuki Yamada (Ushijima the Loan Shark)
INTRODUCTION
The Mole Song is a comic series by the talented Noboru Takahashi, which was featured in Weekly Young Sunday Comics Magazine (Shogakukan) along with his other hit mangas, “Dr. Kotoh” and “Kurosagi.”When Young Sunday was discontinued, the series moved to Big Comic Spirits Weekly. The story is ongoing with the plot continuing to intensify and its passionate fan base continuing to grow. The blockbuster comic book series is now in its 37th volume and has sold over 4 million copies. Its film adaptation is one of the most highly anticipated of the many Shogakukan titles published today.
STORY
Rookie cop Reiji has a strong sense of justice, but he graduated from the police academy with the lowest score ever! His police chief fires him for dishonorable conduct, but he is secretly ordered to become a mole and go undercover to infiltrate a crime syndicate. The target is the head of the mighty Sukiya-kai yakuza clan. Undercover agent Reiji manages to become the new favorite of the notorious “Crazy Papillon,” a violent yakuza big shot. As Reiji pretends to prepare to vow his allegiance to the yakuza, he gets pulled into internal power struggles and conflicts leading to one wild & crazy situation after another!
