The Stand-In Thief
2017, Japanese. Directed by Masafumi Nishida.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 18 November 2017
- Original title
- 泥棒役者
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Masafumi Nishida
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The Stand-In Thief runs 114 minutes (1h 54m).
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The Stand-In Thief isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 18 November 2017. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Stand-In Thief?
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Who directed The Stand-In Thief?
The Stand-In Thief (2017) was directed by Masafumi Nishida and stars Ryuhei Maruyama, Masachika Ichimura, Yusuke Santamaria.