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Space Travelers (2000)

Space Travelers poster
Original title
スペーストラベラーズ
Directed by
Katsuyuki Motohiro
Genre
crime film
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h 05m
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of bank robbers takes hostages during a heist. The criminals and hostages form an unlikely bond as they deal with the police outside.

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What happens

Space Travelers (スペーストラベラーズ, Supesutoraberaz) is a 2000 Japanese action-comedy-crime film directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro. The film stars Taiwanese-Japanese actor Takeshi Kaneshiro, Eri Fukatsu, Masanobu Andō, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Sawa Suzuki, Masahiro Kômoto, Teruo Takeno, Toshio Kakei and Ken Watanabe. The title of the movie is based on an anime that the character Fujimoto is obsessed with. A full-length straight to video animation film was released in mid-2000 named Space Travelers: The Animation also produced by Fuji Television Network and Robot films, which involved both companies, which were also involved with the production of the live featured film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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