Sleeping Forest

2014 1h 59m JA

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7.1

SOLID

★7.1TMDB · 19

TV MovieMysteryCrime

Synopsis

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A man is found dead in a office of Takayanagi Ballet Company. The suspect is a female dancer at the ballet company. The Takayanagi Ballet Company insists that the incident is a self defense case, but after an investigation there's doubts in that claim. Then, the director of the Takayanagi Ballet Company is poisoned to death. Are the cases related?

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Hiroshi Abe
Kaga Kyoichiro
Satomi Ishihara
Mio Asaoka
Haruka Kinami
Haruko Saito
Terunosuke Takezai
Detective Sano
Shuntarô Miyao
Takehiko Konno
Yamato Mashiko
Kosuke Yagyu
Eiko Otani
Yasuko Morii
Kei Otozuki
Akiko Takayanagi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nobuhiro Doi
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Shinzanmono Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 6

CAST

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Hiroshi Abe and Satomi Ishihara and Haruka Kinami carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt3337228 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 19 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Nobuhiro Doi directs. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 12 years ago.
2Part of the "Shinzanmono Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Hiroshi Abe and Satomi Ishihara and Haruka Kinami carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt3337228 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 19 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 119 min · 1h 59m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
IMDB: Sleeping Forest (2014)

Part of

Shinzanmono Collection

Shinzanmono is the name given to a newcomer. In this case, the newcomer is Kaga Kyōichirō (played by Hiroshi Abe) an experienced detective who is newly transferred to Nihonbashi Police Station in Tokyo. A woman has been murdered and he has been assigned to the team investigating the murder. As the story unfolds he finds out more about the woman, her family, and the last days of her life; hopefully leading up to the apprehension of the culprit. In the process, he uncovers the secrets of some of those who were somehow tied up in the murdered woman's life, who may, or may not have been suspects, but who were hiding truths that needed to be told.