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2005 2h 34m JA

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6.9

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★6.9TMDB · 8

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Synopsis

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Kazuo Murata is a detective who has lost his wife and eventually the meaning of his existence.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Teruyuki Kagawa
Kazuo Murata
Seiichi Tanabe
Ikuo Namekawa
Nene Otsuka
Nobuko Ishii
Ryuzo Tanaka
Saeki
Kenji Matsuda
Oikawa
Nozomi Ando
Michiko Kusuda / Ai Kusuda
Fusako Urabe
Nami
Hotaru Hazuki
Akiko Murata

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Masahiro Kobayashi
Writers: Masahiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Kobayashi
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 154 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 21 years ago.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Masahiro Kobayashi, shot by Kiyoshi Itô. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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7 / 8

CAST

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Teruyuki Kagawa and Seiichi Tanabe and Nene Otsuka carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0459804 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Masahiro Kobayashi directs. Kiyoshi Itô behind the camera. Junpei Sakuma scores. Naoki Kaneko cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 154 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Released 21 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Masahiro Kobayashi, shot by Kiyoshi Itô. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Junpei Sakuma. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Naoki Kaneko shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Teruyuki Kagawa and Seiichi Tanabe and Nene Otsuka carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0459804 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 8 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.