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Completed - JAPANESE - Thriller, Crime - 122 minutes

Log Line

The legendary producer/director Haruki Kadokawa’s challenge against the shadow lurking inside the police force?! Warau Keikan, the pioneer of police novels, finally made into a movie!!

Year of production : 2009

Director(s) : Haruki KADOKAWA
Writer(s) : Joh SASAKI, Haruki KADOKAWA
Cast : Nao OMORI, Yasuko MATSUYUKI, Hiroyuki MIYASAKO

Producer(s) : Haruki KADOKAWA (Kadokawa Haruki Corporation)

Synopsis

The story begins when a policewoman is found dead in her apartment in Sapporo. Her ex-boyfriend, Officer Tsukui, is the immediate suspect, and the police even issue an unprecedented shoot-to-kill order. Lieutenant Saeki of the same precinct starts to have doubts about how the case is being handled and initiates a secret investigation with a group of trusted colleagues. As the investigation continues, they find themselves stepping deep into the dark shadow that lies inside the Hokkaido Police Department.

While their faith in “police justice” comes tumbling down, in what will they place their trust…?

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Country(ies) : JAPAN


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