A released inmate is hired to solve a murder case.
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Credited cast: | |||
Takashi Sorimachi | ... | Junichi Migami | |
Tsutomu Yamazaki | ... | Shoji Nango | |
Kankurô Kudô | ... | Toru Kihara | |
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Tsurube Shôfukutei | ... | Sugiura |
Rena Tanaka | ... | Ako Nango | |
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Tetsuya Bessho | ... | Nakamori |
Susumu Terajima | ... | Okazaki | |
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Hiroyuki Miyasako | ... | Minoru Terada |
Ren Osugi | ... | Norio Ando (as Ren Ôsugi) | |
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Naomi Nishida | ... | Kazuko Migami (Junichi's Sister) |
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Sabu Kawahara | ||
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Hisashi Igawa | ... | Mitsuo Samura | |
Renji Ishibashi | ... | Director Abe | |
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Kôjun Itô | ||
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Akiko Kinouchi | ... | Yuri Kinoshita |
A released inmate is hired to solve a murder case.
This movie is pretty good.
I expect it to be purchased and remade by Tom Cruise or someone like that.
The story is about two men: a prison guard on vacation from prison and a released convict. The guard chooses the convict to help him solve a crime. There is a significant cultural difference in the way prison is treated in the US and Japan.
The prison guard has some ghosts in his closet that he must get rid of and so does the convict. They cross paths with other people who have stories to tell and relive.
The story arch that pervades Western culture is the one of redemption. This movie is also about redemption, but with a twist.