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THE KATSURAGI MUDER CASE (KATSURAGI JIKEN)
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Completed - JAPANESE - Thriller, Crime, Drama - 120 minutes

Log Line

Director Masaaki Akahori (The Samurai That Night, ’12) brings a landmark play to the screen! Starring Tomokazu Miura

Previous markets

  • Busan 2016 (Debut)
  • Berlin EFM 2017 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2016

Director(s) : Masaaki AKAHORI
Writer(s) : Masaaki AKIHIRO
Cast : Tomokazu MIURA, Kaho MINAMI, Hirofumi ARAI, Tatsuya WAKABA

Producer(s) : Keiko FUJIMURA

Synopsis

Kiyoshi Katsuragi, together with his beautiful wife, had been the picture of domestic bliss having raised two children. Then one day, his 21-year-old second son, Minoru, indiscriminately causes the death of 8 people and is imprisoned with a death sentence. The shocking turn of events plunges Kiyoshi into despair while his eldest son Tamotsu loses his job and his wife Nobuko becomes mentally unbalanced. In comes a woman (Hoshino), a staunch opponent of capital punishment who decides to marry the son, Minoru, while he’s in prison.

Production

Country(ies) : JAPAN


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