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A Balasaur Score of 53 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 45%, Metacritic 35/100. Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru. Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never apprehend the suspect in the prior killing.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes45%
Metacritic35/100
Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do.
120 audience votes
Key crew
- Takashi MiikeDirector
- Tamio HayashiScreenplay
- Koji EndoOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Nanako MatsushimaAtsuko Shiraiwa
- Tatsuya FujiwaraKunihide Kiyomaru
- Takao OsawaKazuki Mekari
- Tsutomu YamazakiNinagawa
- Masatô IbuKenji Sekiya
- Goro KishitaniTakeshi Okumura
- Kento NagayamaMasaki Kamihashi
- Hirotaro HondaOhki
- Kazuya TakahashiCast
- Gō IbukiCast
- Takuma OtooCast
- Kenji NagaeCast
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Themes
based on novel or bookrevengemurdererkillerpsycho killermoral dilemmamurder suspectmanhuntmob justicesuspensesecurity policeaction thriller