Double Meaning

2011 1h 33m JA

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8.0

BANGER

★8.0TMDB · 2

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Synopsis

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A new female detective joins the special investigations team and dives into some of their hardest cases in this follow-up to the series 'Unfair.' Just as a girl asks the team for help finding her missing father, a man calls to say he has four hostages and makes a cryptic request.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kie Kitano
Akira Mochizuki
Koji Yamamoto
Kyosuke Motosonobe
Masaya Katō
Kaoru Mikami
Sadao Abe
Yuji Kokubo
Susumu Terajima
Tetsuo Yamaji
Koichi Sato
Michitaka Ichijo
Ryoko Shinohara
Natsumi Yukihira
Yuma Ishigaki
Ryota Iwasaki

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kazumasa Nemoto
Writers: Tomomi Ookubo, Takehiko Hata
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 15 years ago.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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

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

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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6 / 8

CAST

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Kie Kitano and Koji Yamamoto and Masaya Katō carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2016329 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kazumasa Nemoto directs. Norihito Sumitomo scores. Masaharu Hirakawa cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 15 years ago.
2Part of the "Unfair Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Original score by Norihito Sumitomo. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Masaharu Hirakawa shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Kie Kitano and Koji Yamamoto and Masaya Katō carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt2016329 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.