AIBOU: The Movie

2008 1h 57m JA

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★6.0TMDB · 5

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Synopsis

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A former TV presenter is murdered. On the same day, two police officers from the Metropolitan police Special Mission Task Force, Sugishita Ukyo (Yutaka Mizutani) and Kameyama Kaoru (Yasufumi Terawaki), are guarding a female Diet member, Katayama Hinako (Yoshino Kimura). The pair identifies explosives and saves her life. From the clues left at the scene, Sugishita builds up his case and finds a connection between the murder of the TV presenter and the attempted murder of the Diet member. During a painstaking investigation, the savage murder case of a young overseas volunteer five years earlier emerges in the background, and the pair prevents indiscriminate murder at the Tokyo Big City Marathon event by suppressing the perpetrator.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Yasufumi Terawaki
Kaoru Kameyama
Yutaka Mizutani
Ukyo Sugishita
Sawa Suzuki
Miwako Kameyama
Takashi Yamanaka
Keiji Serizawa
Ikue Masudo
Tamaki Miyabe
Kazuhisa Kawahara
Kenichi Itami
Atsushi Yamanishi
Rokuro Kakuta
Rokkaku Seiji
Mamoru Yonezawa

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Seiji Izumi
Writers: Masashi Todayama, Yasushi Sutô
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "AIBOU: The Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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

MoodPlayr · trivia#03

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Shin'ya Tadano shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

ERA

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Yasufumi Terawaki and Yutaka Mizutani and Sawa Suzuki carry the top of the cast.

MoodPlayr · trivia#05

6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1045766 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

MoodPlayr · trivia#07

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Seiji Izumi directs. Yoshihiro Ike scores. Shin'ya Tadano cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 18 years ago.
2Part of the "AIBOU: The Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Original score by Yoshihiro Ike. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Shin'ya Tadano shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Yasufumi Terawaki and Yutaka Mizutani and Sawa Suzuki carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt1045766 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.