Doing Time

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Movie Info

A gun collector, Hanawa (Tsutomu Yamazaki), is arrested and convicted of possessing illegal firearms. He's sentenced to three years inside a minimum-security prison. Although the facility is no hell on earth, most people would understandably hate the ordeal -- but not Hanawa, who considers the clockwork minutiae of prison life anything but depressing. He finds an odd comfort in his daily routines and feels that he is more whole with his fellow prisoners than with the world beyond the walls.

Genre:

drama, comedy
Original Language:

Japanese
Director:

Yôichi Sai
Producer:

Nozomu Enoki
Runtime:

1h 32m

Cast & Crew

Tsutomu Yamazaki
Hanawa

Teruyuki Kagawa

Tomorowo Taguchi

Yutaka Matsushige

Toshifumi Muramatsu

Ayumu Saitô

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Critic Reviews for Doing Time (Keimusho no naka)

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I found myself far more bereaved than elated with Doing Time. For a drama, I didn't find it very dramatic. For a character study, the characters are so drilled into conforming that there doesn't seem to be any actual characters ...

October 7, 2003 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

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Audience Reviews for Doing Time (Keimusho no naka)

Jun 01, 2010

A series of small episodes about life in a Japanese prison. No violence or guard brutality, instead super-exacting rules, repetitive tasks and obsession about the food. Subtly funny, and quite unlike any other prison drama I've ever seen. <img src="http://www.asiatorrents.com/imagehost/images/548924Doing%20Time.jpg">

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