Leto plays a soldier imprisoned in Japan following WWII who gets involved with the Japanese crime world in the new film from Land of Mine director Martin Zandvliet.
THE OUTSIDER
Jared Leto has signed on to star in the thriller The Outsider. Set in post World War II Japan, the Oscar-winning actor will play an American soldier who was released with the help of Yakuza cellmate. In the outside world, he repays him by getting involved in the criminal underworld.
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Logline: Follows a WWII American POW after being captured by the Japanese, as he eventually works his way through the rituals and hardships and becomes a member of the Yakuza, an organized cime outfit.
Logline: Follows a WWII American POW after being captured by the Japanese, as he eventually works his way through the rituals and hardships and becomes a member of the Yakuza, an organized cime outfit.
