12 November 1988 Comedy, Romance 96 mins
Toru Hayashi is an unremarkable bachelor who lives with his mother, until one day a young woman named Rumi moves in in the apartment upstairs. Rumi is a self-proclaimed master thief, but she needs socially awkward Toru's help to actually kickstart her so-called career.
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Kyoko Koizumi as Rumi Kato (Ruby)
Hiroyuki Sanada as Toru Hayashi
Kumi Mizuno as Toru's Mother
Kazuo Katō as Toru's Boss
Hiroko Isayama as Older Woman at Toru's Company
Hideyo Amamoto as Grocery Store Owner
Kyôko Takami as Woman on Her Way Home from Shopping
Hideko Yoshida as Bank Clerk
Hideyuki Otsuki as Bank Security Guard
Shinichiro Uchida as Postman
Haruhiko Saitô as Jewelry Store Clerk
Kōen Okumura as Concierge
Masumi Okada as Mr. Yamanouchi
Nana Kinomi as Mrs. Yamanouchi
Takanori Jinnai as Rumi's Boyfriend
Manami Fuji as Apartment Housewife
Osame Maruike Director of Photography
Isao Tomita Editor
Makoto Wada Director
Makoto Wada Screenplay
Masao Yagi Original Music Composer
Sadatoshi Fujimine Producer
Noboru Takayama Executive Producer
Hisahiko Iida Producer
Henry Slesar Original Story
Hideo Kumagai Lighting Technician
Fumio Hashimoto Sound Recordist
Katsumi Nakazawa Art Direction
Kinu Horikoshi Makeup Artist
Ryoji Matsumoto Set Decoration
Hideyuki Hirayama Assistant Director
Shingo Miyauchi Production Manager
Kaitô Ruby Trailer
Japan 12 November 1988
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The original trailer in high definition of Kaitô Ruby directed by Makoto Wada and starring Kyôko Koizumi Hiroyuki Sanada Kumi Mizuno Masumi Okada.
Performed by YUKI 映画「快盗ルビイ」（1988）主題歌 Originally sung by 小泉今日子 （作曲：大瀧詠一、作詞：和田誠）
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01 October 1988
This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.
18 July 1988
A dying woman tells her son, Barry Griffith, she had been a surrogate mother for a millionaire, and that he is a twin to that baby.
29 October 1988
Sa Bangji was an intersex person who according to historical records lived during Korea’s Joseon Dynasty.
14 January 1988
The story begins with formation of the new government when an honest person, Satya Murthy (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) becomes Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
31 May 1988
A slightly goofy look at the three rivers that help define Pittsburgh
25 April 1988
A St. Louis cop, Mike Braxton (Sam Jones), receives an urgent call for help from his brother Tony (Nick Cassavetes), a small time thief in Los Angeles.
01 January 1988
Hunter S. Thompson speaks out on: the Iran/Contra affair, George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Politicians and Lawyers, John McFarlaine, Oliver North, and Richard Nixon.
29 December 1988
Hannes Peters is delighted that he can escape his unloved job as a chef and join the navy. He is overjoyed to be assigned as a hydroacoustician.
01 January 1988
The short film, a collaboration between the multimedia research group Giovanotti Mondani Meccanici and Loretta Mugnai, combines both film and electronic elements.
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