is a 2014 Japanese feature-special directed by
Nobuhiro Doi
is a Japanese television and film director.
Education
Nobuhiro Doi graduated from Waseda University School of Economics and Politics.
Works
*''Aoi Tori'' (1997, TV series)
*''Majo no Jōken'' (1999, TV series)
*'' Beautiful Life'' (2000, TV ...
. It is based on the novel "Nemuri no Mori" by
Keigo Higashino.
Plot
A man is found dead in an office of the Takayanagi Ballet Company. The suspect, who a dancer in the company, is found lying down unconscious in the same room. According to the suspect, the man was a robber who had tried to attack her. She insists that in self-defence, she hit him on the head and killed him. After a series of investigations, suspicions surrounding her clam begins to surface. Later on, the director of the Takayanagi Ballet Company is poisoned to death. Are the cases related?
Cast
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Hiroshi Abe as Kyoichiro Kaga
*
Satomi Ishihara
, better known by her stage name , is a Japanese actress from Tokyo.
Biography
Satomi Ishihara was born on December 24, 1986, in Tokyo. She is of blood type A, and her height is 157 cm.
Satomi began her acting profession in 2003 at the ag ...
as Mio Asaoka
*
Kei Otozuki
Kei may refer to:
People
* Kei (given name)
* Kei, Cantonese for Ji(姫)
* Kei, Cantonese for Qi(奇, 祁, 亓)
* Shō Kei (1700–1752), king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom
* Kei (singer) (born 1995), stage name of South Korean singer Kim Ji-yeon
* ...
as Akiko Takayanagi
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Haruka Kinami as Haruko Saito
*
Eiko Otani as Yasuko Morii
*
Akira Emoto as Saisuke Ota
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Asahi Uchida
(born 30 May 1982) is a Japanese actor. He will have a central role in '' Tokugawa Fūun-roku'', scheduled for broadcast on January 2, 2008.
Selected filmography
: 2006 ''Tree of Heaven''
: 2006 '' Atagoal wa neko no mori''
: 2006 '' Tenshi''
...
as Toshiyuki Kazama
Special Appearance by Yukie Nakama
At the beginning of the story, Kaga attends a ballet show with an
omiai
, or as it is properly known in Japan with the honorific prefix , is a Japanese traditional custom which relates closely to Western matchmaking, in which a woman and a man are introduced to each other to consider the possibility of marriage. T ...
date arranged by his boss. His date, named Yamada, is played by
Yukie Nakama. This is a cross reference to
Hiroshi Abe and
Yukie Nakama's respective lead roles as Jiro Ueda and Naoko Yamada in the famous mystery comedy series
Trick. Kaga falls asleep and snores aloud during the show, which causes Yamada to turn him down. She does not appear in the story again.
See also
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Shinzanmono
is a detective Japanese television drama, part of the Spring 2010 season of the Japanese TBS Network. It is based on the same-name novel in the "Kyōichirō Kaga" series by mystery author Keigo Higashino and is set and filmed in the Ningyo-cho ar ...
*
The Wings of the Kirin
is a 2012 Japanese film directed by Nobuhiro Doi.
Plot
A man's body is found under the statue of a winged kirin in the Nihombashi area of Tokyo. A suspect named Yashima has a car accident and falls unconscious while he is attempting to run awa ...
References
External links
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Films directed by Nobuhiro Doi
2014 television films
Japanese television films
Films based on Japanese novels
Films based on works by Keigo Higashino
TBS Television (Japan) original programming
Television shows based on works by Keigo Higashino
2010s Japanese films
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