The Stand-In Thief / 泥棒役者 (2017)

Profile

• Movie: The Stand-In Thief (English title) / Thief Actor (literal title)
• Romaji: Dorobou Yakusha
• Japanese: 泥棒役者
• Director: Masafumi Nishida
• Writer: Masafumi Nishida
• Producer:
• Cinematographer:
• Release Date: November 18, 2017
• Runtime: 114 min.
• Distributor: Showgate
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

Hajime Onuki (Ryuhei Maruyama) was a thief, but he now works as a welder and lives happily with his girlfriend. Hajime Onuki is threatened by a former partner in crime. He forces Hajime Onuki to break into the mansion of a picture book writer to steal. He is caught by others while in the act, but they keep mistaking him for someone else. Hajime desperately keeps up the ruse to not get caught.