Messengers

Messengers

When the going gets tough, try to overtake...

1999•1h 58m•6.2/10

ComedyRomanceDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.2/10(12)

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.

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Production

Pony Canyon, Fuji Television Network, Shogakukan, Premier International Corporation

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Naoko Iijima

Naoko Iijima

Naomi Shimizu

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

Hironori Suzuki

Hiroyuki Yabe

Hiroyuki Yabe

Shigekazu Yokota

Kotomi Kyono

Kotomi Kyono

Yumiko Abe

Yūzō Kayama

Yūzō Kayama

Makoto Shimano

Shinsuke Kyou

Hosokawa

Shigemitsu Ogi

Shigemitsu Ogi

Yoshihisa Ota

Shinsuke Aoki

Shinsuke Aoki

Noriyuki Hattori

Tetsuya Bessho

Tetsuya Bessho

Hiroshi Okano

Yûko Itô

Yûko Itô

Mamiko Maekawa

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Diner Owner

Yoji Tanaka

Yoji Tanaka

Driver

Rumiko Amemiya

Takuji Fukae

Ikko Suzuki

Ikko Suzuki

Yukimasa Natori

Yukimasa Natori

Youji Tanaka

Daisuke Negishi

Daisuke Negishi

Yasuhiko Imai

Yasuhiko Imai

Shouji Hachisuka

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