is a 2013 Japanese

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directed by

Kazuya Shiraishi is a Japanese filmmaker. Works Film TV series References External links * Japanese film directors Japanese television directors Living people 1974 births People from Hokkaido People from Asahikawa {{Japan-film-director-st ...

, starring

Takayuki Yamada is a Japanese actor, singer, and producer. He is best known for his role as Sakutaro Matsumoto in TV drama ''Socrates in Love'' and as Densha Otoko in the 2005 film of the same name. Yamada gained international popularity through his portrayal ...

Lily Franky is a Japanese illustrator, writer and actor. He has appeared in more than 40 films since 2001. Career In 2016, Franky received the Cut Above Award for Outstanding Performance in Film at Japan Cuts JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film is a ...

, and

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. This Film was inspired by serial murder case which involved the Ryoji Goto and Shizuo Mikami.

Cast

as Shuichi Fujii *

as Takao Kimura *

as Junji Sudo *

Chizuru Ikewaki is a Japanese actress. Career Ikewaki was given a Best New Talent award at the 2000 Yokohama Film Festival for her performance in ''Osaka Story''. She appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2012 television drama ''Penance''. She has also appeared in f ...

as Yoko Fujii *

Kazuko Shirakawa (born September 30, 1947) is a Japanese actress who is best known for her appearances in Nikkatsu's ''Roman Porno'' films during the 1970s. She appeared in Nikkatsu's first film in the ''Roman Porno'' series, ''Apartment Wife'' (1971), and is co ...

as Yurie Ushiba *

Katsuya Kobayashi is a Japanese actor from Shimonoseki. Even though he and fellow Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love-exclusive Rider actor Mitsuki Koga/Kamen Rider Ketaros were only Kamen Riders within the movie, they did make a guest appearance during the fin ...

as Kuniyuki Igarashi * Ryotaro Yonemura as Kenichi Sasaki * Izumi Matsuoka as Shizue Tono * Yu Saito as Yoshimasa Hino *

Jitsuko Yoshimura is a Japanese film and television actress. She was discovered by Shōhei Imamura as a newcomer and cast in the film ''Pigs and Battleships''. She went on to appear in films like Imamura's ''The Insect Woman'', Kaneto Shindō's '' Onibaba'', for w ...

as Kazuko Fujii * Boo Jiji as Satoru Ushiba * Nozomi Muraoka as Rie Shibakawa

Reception

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's Derek Elley gave the film a rating of 7 out of 10. Kwenton Bellette of ''

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'' criticized the film. The film has been nominated for several awards at the

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, including for Picture of the Year.

References

External links

* * 2013 films 2013 crime drama films Films based on non-fiction books Japanese crime drama films Films directed by Kazuya Shiraishi Yakuza films 2010s Japanese films {{2010s-Japan-film-stub