Japan (2023) on Netflix
NR20232h 34mActionDramaThriller
Japan Muni denies any part in a jewelry heist at a Coimbatore store partly owned by Home Minister Pazhanisamy. Officers Sridhar and Karuppasamy give chase, and Radhe is arrested nearby.
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Plot summary
At a jewelry store in Coimbatore, a robbery nets two hundred crore rupees. The shop is partly owned by Pazhanisamy, the state home minister, and officers Sridhar and Karuppasamy take charge of the case. Because of his record of audacious robberies, they suspect Japan Muni, who insists he had nothing to do with this one. Radhe, a poor man from the slums who happened to be near the store, is arrested instead. What follows is a chase in which Japan Muni tries to prove his innocence while the officers press him and Radhe waits in custody. The story fictionalizes the events around the criminal Tiruvarur Murugan.
Cast
- Sridhar
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Japan (2023)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Reports in February 2022 claimed that Vijay Sethupathi had been approached to play the antagonist in Japan, but producer S. R. Prabhu stated in June that they had not approached the actor.
- Rashmika Mandanna was reported to play the female lead alongside Karthi in November, which would have been their second pairing after Sulthan (2021), but the report turned out to be false.
