The Stand-In Thief (2017)

The Stand-In Thief 2017 / 泥棒役者 2017 / Dorobou Yakusha , Thief Actor

Onuki Hajime 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 Onuki Hajime 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. ~~ Based on the play ‟Dorobou Yakusha‟ which was written and directed by Masafumi Nishida. The play was performed in 2006.