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The true story of the rise of a Japanese businessman from Los Angeles named Eishy Hayata from an Airline engineer into the legend of the Emerald world -- the Emerald Cowboy
Top billed cast
Eishy HayataSelf
Juan Pablo ShukChucho
Lucho VelascoYoung Eishy- John K. AndersonReportero
Gustavo Angarita Jr.Montaño- Carolina LizarazoAurelia
- Ricardo WilkeDave
- Horacio TaveraClaudio
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