Suzuki=Bakudan

2025 2h 16m JA

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7.5

BANGER

★7.5TMDB · 37

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Synopsis

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An unemployed man named Suzuki is taken in by police after breaking a booze vending machine. When he predicts the explosions of two bombs and claims there are more, the police start to investigate him as a terrorist. However, Suzuki first claims to know about the bombs through psychic clairvoyance, and then claims he was hypnotized to forget. He gives hints about the bombs with riddles while riling up his interrogators, especially senior detective Kiyomiya and his junior Ruike. Things seem to be connected to a disgraced cop named Hasebe, who committed suicide after a scandal some years ago. But is Suzuki actually the perpetrator behind the bombs or not?

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Yuki Yamada
Ruike
Sairi Ito
Koda
Shota Sometani
Todoroki
Atsuro Watabe
Teruji Kiyomiya
Jiro Sato
Tagosaku Suzuki
Kanichiro
Ise
Ryota Bando
Yabuki
Sennosuke Kataoka
Tatsuma Ishikawa

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Akira Nagai
Writers: Hiroyuki Yatsu, Masahiro Yamaura
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released last year.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Akira Nagai, shot by Tetsuya Kondo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Youki Kojima. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Suguru Ninomuya shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Yuki Yamada and Sairi Ito and Shota Sometani carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt38525288 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 37 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Akira Nagai directs. Tetsuya Kondo behind the camera. Youki Kojima scores. Suguru Ninomuya cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released last year.
2Directed by Akira Nagai, shot by Tetsuya Kondo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Youki Kojima. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Suguru Ninomuya shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Yuki Yamada and Sairi Ito and Shota Sometani carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt38525288 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 37 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
8Classified under 13 themes, including "based on novel or book", "bomb", "investigation", "tokyo, japan".

The technical file

Cinematography: Tetsuya Kondo
Original score: Youki Kojima
Editing: Suguru Ninomuya
Production design: Ryo Sugimoto
Makeup / hair: Miho Araki
Stunt coordinator: Hiroyuki Yoshida
Runtime: 136 min · 2h 16m
Status: Released
Box office: $18,100,989
Original language: JA
Certification (US): K-16
IMDB: Suzuki=Bakudan (2025)

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What people are saying

Chris Sawin2026-08-05
★ 8/10
Suzuki=Bakudan is a merciless thriller with extraordinary performances. It keeps you guessing and intrigued right up to the final frame, with stakes and circumstances that increase from both a lethal and titillating standpoint. A deeply hypnotic mystery that torpedoes the analytical parts of your brain without remorse. https://bit.ly/Bakudan

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