A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth

A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth (陽気なギャングが地球を回す, Yōki na Gyangu ga Chikyū o Mawasu) is a 2006 comedy heist film directed by Japanese director Tetsu Maeda, based on a novel by Kōtaro Isaka.

A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth
Film poster
Directed by	Tetsu Maeda
Written by	Takashi Hasegawa Tetsu Maeda Kentaro Ushi
Starring	Takao Osawa Kyōka Suzuki Shota Matsuda Kōichi Satō Arata Furuta
Cinematography	Hideo Yamamoto
Edited by	Mototaka Kusakabe
Distributed by	Shochiku Company
Release date	May 13, 2006 (2006-05-13)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Plot

The film is about a group of four people who form a gang to put romance back into bank robbery. The film is light-hearted in tone, and makes impressive use of CGI.

Cast

Cast members include: Takao Osawa (as Naruse, boss and "human lie detector"), Kyōka Suzuki (as Yukiko, driver and "human clock"), Shota Matsuda (as Kuon, the pickpocket), Kōichi Satō (as Kyōno, the coffee shop owner), and Koji Okura (as Jimichi).

• Takao Osawa as Naruse
• Kyōka Suzuki as Yukiko
• Shota Matsuda as Kuon
• Kōichi Satō as Kyono
• Arata Furuta as Tanaka
• Ren Ohsugi as Kunimoto
• Suzuki Matsuo as Kamoda
• Ken Mitsuishi as Asakura
• Rosa Kato as Shoko
• Sakichi Sato
• Hoka Kinoshita as Hayashi
• Tomohiro Miura as Shinichi
• Yuichiro Nakayama as Akajima
• Koji Okura as Jimichi
• Eisuke Shinoi as Urushibara
• Ryo Iwamatsu
• Yasuhi Nakamura
• Shou Ohkura
• Takashi Okuda
• Kyisaku Shimada
• Kaori Sunaga
• Ellie Toyota

External links

• Yōki na Gyangu ga Chikyū o Mawasu at IMDb
• Official website as archived October 30, 2008 at Wayback Machine
• Trailer Archived 2010-01-01 at the Wayback Machine