is a 2018 Japanese film directed by Katsuo Fukuzawa based on the novel by
Keigo Higashino
is a Japanese author chiefly known for his mystery novels. He served as the 13th President of Mystery Writers of Japan from 2009 to 2013. Higashino has won major Japanese awards for his books, almost twenty of which have been turned into films an ...
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Plot
The film centers around the discovery of the body of Michiko Oshitani. Clues, including handwriting at the scene, link her death to the death of the mother of the main character, Kyoichiro Kaga.
Cast
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Hiroshi Abe as Kyoichiro Kaga
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Nanako Matsushima
is a critically acclaimed Japanese actress and model known for her role in the horror film ''Ring''. She was also the female lead character in the drama '' A Story of Love'', along with ''Ring'' co-star Hiroyuki Sanada. In 2011, her drama ''Kas ...
as Hiromi Asai
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Junpei Mizobata
is a Japanese actor, best known as Kudo Shinichi in '' Detective Conan: Kudo Shinichi e no Chousenjou'' and Saga Kazuma in ''Hanazakari no Kimitachi e''. He also appears in the drama '' Akai Ito'' as Atsushi Nishino (or Akkun).
Personal life
Ju ...
as Shūhei Matsumiya
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Rena Tanaka
is a Japanese actress and TV personality. In 1999, she won the Japanese Academy Award for "Best Newcomer" for her performance in ''Give It All''; in 2001, she received a "Best Actress" nomination for ''First Love''.
Selected filmography
Film ...
*Midoriko Kimura
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Setsuko Karasuma is an actress and model born on 3 February 1955 in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. She attended Chukyo University, but left before finishing. She is employed by the From First Production talent agency. Karasuma made her debut as a Clarion Girl in ...
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Shunpūtei Shōta
is a Japanese rakugo comedian best known for performing on the ''Shōten'' comedy show on Nippon TV. He is known as a master of the Japanese comic art of rakugo, in which a single performer or Storytelling, storyteller appears on Stage (theatr ...
*Shōzō Uesugi
*Kunihiro Suda
*Takuma Oto'o
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Marie Iitoyo
is a Japanese actress and fashion model.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video on demand
Japanese dub
Publications
Fashion Magazines
* ''Niko☆Puchi''（April 2009 issue - June 2011 issue） - Exclusive model
* '' Nicola''（June 2011 is ...
as Hiromi Asai (20 years old)
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Hiyori Sakurada
is a Japanese actress.
Filmography Film
Television
References
External links
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Hiyori Sakurada Official Blog*
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2002 births
Living people
Japanese film actresses
Japanese television actresses
Japanese child actresse ...
as Hiromi Asai (14 years old)
*Hiroko Nakajima
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Toshiaki Megumi
is a Japanese comedian, actor, television presenter, and newscaster who is a member of the comedy duo Honjamaka. He is represented by Watanabe Entertainment
is a major Japanese entertainment conglomerate and a member of the Watanabe Production ...
(cameo)
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Anne Watanabe
is a Japanese fashion model, actress, and singer. She is the daughter of film actor Ken Watanabe and his first wife Yumiko. In her modeling work, she is known by the mononym Anne.Kuhn, Anthony"For Japanese Women, The Past Is The Latest Fad"/ref> ...
(cameo)
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Teruyuki Kagawa
is a Japanese actor, kabuki actor and boxing commentator.
Biography
Born in 1965, his parents are the kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke III and the cinema actress Yuko Hama. His grandmother is the film actress Sanae Takasugi.
In the Kabuki world ...
(cameo)
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Mitsuhiro Oikawa
is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, composer and actor who is represented by the talent agency, Mother Enterprise. He graduated from Seijo Gakuen Junior High School and High School and Seijo University Faculty of Law. He is business partn ...
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Ran Ito
Ran, RaN and ran may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Ran'' (film), a 1985 film directed by Akira Kurosawa
* "Ran" (song), a 2013 Japanese song by Luna Sea
* '' Ran Online'', a 2004 MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game)
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Fumiyo Kohinata
is a Japanese actor.
Filmography
Film
* ''Begging for Love'' (1998)
* ''Give It All'' (1998)
* ''Ring 2'' (1999) - Dr. Kawajiri
* ''Audition'' (1999) - Television producer
* ''Minna no Ie'' (2001)
* '' Turn'' (2001)
* ''Dark Water'' (2002) - K ...
as Tadao Asai
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Tsutomu Yamazaki
is a Japanese actor. He won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor in 1984 for '' The Funeral'' and '' Farewell to the Ark''. Yamazaki is well known for his role "Nenbutsu no Tetsu" on the television jidaigeki '' Hissatsu Shiokinin'' and ''Shin Hi ...
as Takamasa Kaga
Box office
The film took in USD $13 million in its Japanese Box Office run. It earned an additional $9,886,245 in China and $197,883 in Hong Kong, bringing its worldwide box office total to $23.2 million.
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 ...
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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 ...
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Nemuri no Mori
References
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2018 films
Japanese thriller films
2018 thriller films
Toho films
Films based on works by Keigo Higashino
2010s Japanese films
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