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THE FABLE: THE KILLER WHO DOESN’T KILL (ザ・ファブル 殺さない殺し屋)
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Completed - JAPANESE - Comedy, Action/Adventure - 132 minutes

Log Line

Akira Sato, the legendary killer known as The Fable, continues to keep a low profile. However, trouble is on the horizon when he reunites with a wheelchair-bound girl whose caretaker turns out to be a conman and a former – and unterminated – target of Sato.

Year of production : 2021

Director(s) : Kan EGUCHI
Cast : Junichi OKADA, Fumino KIMURA, Shinichi TSUTSUMI

Synopsis

Akira Sato (Okada) is the legendary killer known as The Fable. He continues to keep a low profile in Osaka with his colleague Yoko (Kimura) as they pretend to be ordinary siblings. He also continues to work at a design company where his boss and colleague are unaware of his former life as an assassin. Eventually though, Akira reunites with Hinako (Yurina Hirate), a wheelchair-bound girl who has a connection to some of his past assassinations. At the same time a target he never came to terminate, Utsobo (Shinichi), also re-emerges as an intelligent conman who also happens to be the girl’s caretaker.

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Country(ies) : JAPAN

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Festivals and Awards

Shanghai International Film Festival 2021
Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival 2021
New York Asian Film Festival 2021


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