Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System - Case.1 Crime and Punishment

2019 1h 0m JA

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Synopsis

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In the winter of 2117, a runaway vehicle crashes into the Public Safety Bureau Building. The driver is identified as Izumi Yasaka, a psychological counselor at the Sanctuary, a Latent Criminal Isolation Facility in Aomori Prefecture. But right before her interrogation, Inspector Mika Shimotsuki and Enforcer Nobuchika Ginoza are tasked with promptly escorting Yasaka back to Aomori. What awaits them there is a False Paradise.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kenji Nojima
Nobuchika Ginoza (voice)
Tomokazu Seki
Shinya Kougami (voice)
Kana Hanazawa
Akane Tsunemori (voice)
Ayane Sakura
Mika Shimotsuki (voice)
Kinryu Arimoto
Tomomi Masaoka (voice)
Hiroki Touchi
Teppei Sugou (voice)
Masumi Asano
Risa Aoyanagi (voice)
Kimiko Saito
Aiko Gentaku (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Naoyoshi Shiotani
Writers: Gen Urobuchi, Ryo Yoshigami, Toshiyuki Kono
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 60-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 7 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani, shot by Eiji Arai. 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 Yugo Kanno. 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 Yoshinori Murakami 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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Kenji Nojima and Tomokazu Seki and Kana Hanazawa carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt10443844 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Naoyoshi Shiotani directs. Eiji Arai behind the camera. Yugo Kanno scores. Yoshinori Murakami cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 60-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 7 years ago.
3Part of the "Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani, shot by Eiji Arai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Yugo Kanno. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Yoshinori Murakami shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Kenji Nojima and Tomokazu Seki and Kana Hanazawa carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt10443844 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 10 themes, including "guerrilla warfare", "police", "detective", "dystopia".
10Released under 21 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Eiji Arai
Original score: Yugo Kanno
Editing: Yoshinori Murakami
Runtime: 60 min · 1h 0m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System - Case.1 Crime and Punishment (2019)

Part of

Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System Collection

This theatrical version is a three-part series based on the protagonists of the original works as the main story line. Case.1 "Crime and Punishment" will tell the story centered on Sagetsu (Sakura Ayane) and Ginoza (Nojima Kenji); Case.2 "First Guardian" will tell Sugo (Hiroki Higashiji) and Seiji Lu (with Ben Qinlong) as the center of the story; Case.3 "The Other Side of Enmity" will tell the story of Cunning Shenya.