Summary
The psychiatric evaluation of a young actor arrested for a brutal double murder concludes he may be unfit for trial. Further investigation, however, reveals the crime was a well-planned statement against the section of Japan's criminal code granting diminished responsibility to the mentally impaired.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 69GoodWatch 66
IMDb6.9
Running time
2 h 13 min
Longer than most dramas, +24 min on the typical 109
typical 109133Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1999
February 17, 1999
27 years ago
Genres
DramaCrimeLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
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Kyoka SuzukiKafuka Ogawa
Shinichi TsutsumiMasaki Shibata
Ittoku KishibeInspector Nagoshi
Hideko YoshidaKafka's Mother
Mirai YamamotoMikako Kudo
Masanobu KatsumuraSunaoka
Takashi SasanoTezuka- TTTakatoshi TakedaDetective Nakamura
Masato IrieHatata Osamu
Misayo HarukiHatata Kei
Daikichi SugawaraDetective Tatebayashi
Jun KunimuraShibata Toshimitsu
Kirin KikiDefence Counsel Shigure Nagamura
Tohru EmoriProsecutor Michihiko Kusama
Naoki SugiuraProfessor Saneyuki Fujishiro
Yasuhito OhchiKudo Keisuke as a child- IMIsamu MinamiHatata Osamu (as a child )
Mika AsaiMikako as a child
Ayako YoshitaniKudo Atsuko
Kazuyo KawamuraKudo Miyuki
Tomonori YoshidaShibata Masaki - as Child- TKToshie KobayashiAsylum nurse
- KSKoji SatoIwaki Senjo
Hiroshi IsobeInuyama's lawyer
Directing · 3
- Yoshimitsu Morita Director
- Taiichi Sugiyama Assistant Director
- Kyoko Morinaga Script Supervisor
Writing · 2
- Sumio Ōmori Screenplay
- Yasutaka Nagai Novel
Production · 3
- Tsutomu Yamamoto Producer
- Kazuko Misawa Producer
- 田沢連二 Producer
Camera · 2
- Hiroshi Takase Director of Photography
- Takashi Anbo Still Photographer
Editing · 1
- Shinji Tanaka Editor
Sound · 5
- Toshihiko Sahashi Original Music Composer
- Fumio Hashimoto Sound Recordist
- Shin'ichi Itô Sound Effects
- Aya Kojima Sound Effects
- 裕木陽 Music Producer
Art · 1
- Hidetaka Ozawa Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Kunio Nakayama Costumer
Lighting · 1
- Akira Ono Gaffer
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