''Once Upon a Crime'' is a 2023 Japanese
fantasy comedy crime mystery film, starring
Kanna Hashimoto
is a Japanese actress and former singer. From 2011 to 2017, she was a member of the Fukuoka-based idol girl group Rev. from DVL. During her time with the group, in 2013, a fan-taken photo of her performing went viral on Twitter and 2channel, ...
and
Yuko Araki in the main roles as Little Red Riding Hood and Cinderella, respectively. Directed by Yūichi Fukuda, the story combines the story elements of
Cinderella and the
Little Red Riding Hood, as the Little Red (Hashimoto) uses her investigative skills to try to solve the mystery behind the
murder
Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification (jurisprudence), justification or valid excuse (legal), excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person wit ...
.
Premise
Little Red Riding Hood meets Cinderella in the woods. Together, they meet witches and express their desire to go to the ball at the castle. The witches give them pretty dresses, shoes and a carriage driven by an anthropomorphic mouse. On their way to castle, they run over a corpse and, upon a closer look, Little Red Riding Hood exercises her detective skills. They hide the corpse and proceed to the ball, where Cinderella has a dance with the prince until guards report the discovery of the corpse.
Cast
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Kanna Hashimoto
is a Japanese actress and former singer. From 2011 to 2017, she was a member of the Fukuoka-based idol girl group Rev. from DVL. During her time with the group, in 2013, a fan-taken photo of her performing went viral on Twitter and 2channel, ...
as
Little Red Riding Hood
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Yuko Araki as
Cinderella
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Takanori Iwata
is a Japanese dancer and actor. He performs with the J-pop, J-Pop groups Sandaime J Soul Brothers and Exile (Japanese band), Exile. As a member of Sandaime J Soul Brothers, he has received the Japan Record Awards twice. He earned his first lead ...
as Prince Gilbert
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Natsuna Watanabe as Anne (Cinderella's sister in green dress)
* Yumi Wakatsuki as Margot (Cinderella's sister in yellow dress)
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Miki Maya as Isabella (Cinderella's step-mother)
* Midoriko Kimura as Barbara the witch
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Mirei Kiritani as Tekla the witch
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Tsuyoshi Muro as Paul the rat
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Masaki Kaji as Hans, the royal hairdesser
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Jiro Sato
was a Japanese tennis player. He was ranked World No. 3 in 1933, but committed suicide in the Strait of Malacca during his trip to the Davis Cup in 1934.
He received worldwide fame in Wimbledon 1932, when he beat the defending champion Sidney ...
as King Bovell of the kingdom of Claire de Lune
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Mizuki Yamamoto as Karen/Remi
* Tomoharu Hasegawa as Lord Chamberlain,
herald to the King
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Atsuhiro Inukai as the staircase guard
Notes
References
External links
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2023 films
Films directed by Yūichi Fukuda