By Rule of Crow's Thumb

Concrete jungle dusk. A briefcase clicks shut. Two deadbeats fold a revenge scheme—same old scam, new stakes. Then the girl at the curb: scarf in February wind, chain hanging from a lamppost. Ito’s satire stays just this side of cruel.

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Tadafumi Ito directed By Rule of Crow's Thumb in 2012. See Tadafumi Ito's full filmography, where to start with Tadafumi Ito, or where to go after you've seen everything by Tadafumi Ito.

By Rule of Crow's Thumb was released in 2012 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 160 minutes.