# Ushijima the Loan Shark (2012)

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**Original title**: *闇金ウシジマくん*
**Runtime**: 129 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Masatoshi Yamaguchi
**Written by**: Masatoshi Yamaguchi, Masahiro Fukuma
**Starring**: Takayuki Yamada, Yuko Oshima, Kento Hayashi, Kyosuke Yabe, Hiromi Sakimoto, Nana Katase

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

The Devil’s Advocate meets Salaryman noir.  
A woman inherits her mother’s debt and starts working at a hostess café to pay it off, while a slick young executive borrows big from the same loan shark to fund his corporate climb.  
Takayuki Yamada plays cold calculation in a suit, 2012’s answer to capitalist hunger with no moral off-ramp.

**Mood tags**: paranoid, pitch-black, raw

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