Asami Mitsuhiko: Genji Monogatari Satsujin Jiken

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kosuke Suzuki directs. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 4 years ago.
• 2Part of the "浅見光彦シリーズ" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
• 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 4Takanori Iwata and Mitsuko Oka and Mikako Yoshida carry the top of the cast.
• 5Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime

114 min · 1h 54m

Status

Released

Original language

JA

Part of

浅見光彦シリーズ

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  浅見光彦 軽井沢殺人事件

  2022
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  Asami Mitsuhiko: Genji Monogatari Satsujin Jiken

  2022 · this one

Also by

Kosuke Suzuki

• 
  The Unbroken

  2016 · ★ 8.7
• 
  Trembling Cow

  2013 · ★ 8.3
• 
  Stock Price Crash

  2014 · ★ 8.1
• 
  Marks' Mountain

  2010 · ★ 8.0
• 
  Giver Taker

  2023 · ★ 8.0
• 
  マルホの女

  2014 · ★ 8.0

Production companies

Who made it

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  TV Tokyo

  JP

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  BS TV Tokyo

  JP

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  TSP

  JP

Key crew

• Original StoryYasuo Uchida
• Producer神戸將光

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• based on novel or book
• murder case

Release history · US

When it landed

• TV2022-12-12

Also known as

International titles

• 内田康夫サスペンス 浅見光彦 源氏物語殺人事件JP