Set in the Philippines, Takashi Miike’s “The Guys from Paradise” weaves together the stories of several real-life criminal cases. Young up-and-coming salary man Kohei Hayakawa is sent to Paradise prison on false drug charges, and assumes his lawyers will clear up this misunderstanding fairly quickly. However, he soon comes to the realization that his innocence means less than how much bribe money he’s able to come up with for his release. It becomes apparent that Kohei is going to have to get to know his fellow inmates a little better, as he’s obviously in this situation for the long haul; but meeting a female inmate from a nearby jail certainly makes his transition to the criminal life a little easier to take.
Unfortunately the movie The Guys from Paradise is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Production | Masanobu Hamasaki | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mitsuyoshi Hikawa | Producer |
| Writing | Izo Hashimoto | Screenplay |
| Writing | Itaru Era | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yôji Hayashi | Novel |
| Directing | Takashi Miike | Director |
| Sound | Koji Kikkawa | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Yue Hayashi | Producer |
| Editing | Yasushi Shimamura | Editor |
| Production | Setsuko Higa | Co-Producer |
| Production | Shigeyuki Yasamura | Producer |
| Production | Sôgaku Koga | Producer |
| Production | Michio Uematsu | Producer |
| Production | Doni Gonzales | Supervising Producer |
| Production | Renzo Cruz | Producer |
| Production | Ken’ichirô Shimabukro | Producer |
| Production | Yoshie Hayashi | Producer |
| Production | Hideo Takano | Executive Producer |
| Production | Sonny Cabalda | Line Producer |
| Camera | Hideo Yamamoto | Director of Photography |
