Six men -- Haruki (Junpei Mizobata), Noda (Kenta Kiritani), Kota (Satoshi Tsumabuki), Kitagawa (Tadanobu Asano), Momo (Shim Chang-Min) and Zii-chan (Toshiyuki Nishida) -- plan a daring bank heist in FLY WITH THE GOLD. Photo courtesy of Shochiku Co. © 2012 Fly With The Gold Production Partners

Screening July 20th in NYC Source: Shochiku Co., Ltd., Japan Society Special Thanks to Shannon Jowett

Photo courtesy of Japan Society. © 2012 Fly With The Gold Production Partners

The slow-burn bank heist drama FLY WITH THE GOLD (????????, Ogon wo Daite Tobe, 2012) will have its US Premiere on Saturday, July 20 during Japan Cuts: The New York Festival of Contemporary Japanese Cinema. The screening will take place 7:00 pm at Japan Society (333 East 47th Street - Lila Acheson Wallace Auditorium, New York, NY 10017). FLY WITH THE GOLD is adapted from Naoki Prize-winning author Takamura Kaoru`s crime suspense debut novel about six wily men who attempt to steal gold bullion from the underground vault of a megabank in Osaka. Kota (Satoshi Tsumabuki), who has been working for underworld figures as a procurer, is reunited with his university friend Kitagawa (Tadanobu Asano) and decides to take part in his plan for a ¥1.5 billion gold bar job. The gold bars sit in the heavily-guarded basement of the HQ of Sumita Bank. Helping Kota and Kitagawa are bank security employee Noda (Kenta Kiritani), a North Korean spy pretending to be a college student (Shim Chang-Min), Kitagawa`s younger brother Haruki (Junpei Mizobata) and a former elevator engineer (Toshiyuki Nishida). These six men are about to carry the boldest of schemes to bypass the bank`s high-tech defense system.

Photo courtesy of Shochiku Co. © 2012 Fly With The Gold Production Partners

CREDITS Japanese Theatrical Release: November 3, 2012 Running Time: 129 Minutes

Japanese theatrical poster. © 2012 Fly With The Gold Production Partners

CAST Hiroyuki Kota: Satoshi Tsumabuki Koji Kitagawa: Tadanobu Asano Noda: Kenta Kiritani Haruki Kitagawa: Junpei Mizobata "Momo" Jo Ryo-pan: Shim Chang-Min Zii-chan: Toshiyuki Nishida King: Munetaka Aoki Keiko Kitagawa: Yuri Nakamura Yamagishi: Tomorowo Taguchi Suenaga: Shingo Tsurumi STAFF Director: Kazuyuki Izutsu Executive Producers: Ryuhei Chiba, Shinichi Karube, Osamu Fujioka, Noboru Yutani, Toru Hori, Yo Hattori, Kentaro Kawabe, Kotaro Oda Producers: Wakana Kanno, Hirokazu Fujita, Kiyoshi Yamamoto, Yasushi Minatoya Screenplay: Yasuhiro Yoshida, Kazuyuki Izutsu Original Story: Kaoru Takamura Cinematography: Shinya Kimura Visual Effects: Issei Oda Editing: Nobuko Tomita Music: Atsushi Hirasawa Vocals: Namie Amuro Sound: Mitsugu Shiratori Production: Fly With The Gold Production Partners (Avex Entertainment, NKT Entertainment, Happinet, Eisei Gekijo, Memory-Tech, Dentsu, Yahoo! Japan, Pia) Production Company: NKT Entertainment Distributor: Shochiku International Sales: Toho

Pop star Shim Chang-Min from TVXQ stars as 'Momo' Jo Ryo-pan. Photo courtesy of Shochiku Co. © 2012 Fly With The Gold Production Partners