Villain (2010 film)

Villain
Directed byLee Sang-il
StarringSatoshi Tsumabuki
Eri Fukatsu
Masaki Okada
Hikari Mitsushima
Kirin Kiki
Akira Emoto
Release date
  • September 11, 2010 (2010-09-11)
Running time
139 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$22,383,806[1]

Villain (悪人, Akunin) is a 2010 Japanese drama film directed by Lee Sang-il, based on Shuichi Yoshida's crime noir novel of the same name. It was nominated for numerous awards at the 2011 Japan Academy Prize, including Best Film and Best Director (which was director Lee's second nomination, after his 2006 win for Hula Girls), and won five, which included all four acting awards and for the score by Joe Hisaishi.

  1. ^ "Villain".