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Scoop!

2016Movie1 h 59 min

57

DecentGoodWatch score

57

DecentGoodWatch score

Rotten Tomatoes

Summary

Shizuoka Miyakonojo is a middle-aged paparazzi photographer. His skills as a cameraman are good, but he gambles and is in debt. When he worked in the editorial department for weekly picture magazine 'Scoop!,' he landed numerous scoops.

Good for

Date night
Friends night
Drop-in friendly

Where to watch

Set your services

Not streaming in United States. Where it is:

Fingerprint

Feels like real life.
Keeps you guessing.

Not for scares.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 54GoodWatch 57
IMDb6.5
Audience score43%
Running time
1 h 59 min
Longer than most mysteries, +17 min on the typical 102
typical 102119
Half of all mysteries run 93–115 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries
Released
2016
October 1, 2016
10 years ago
Genres
MysteryDrama
Language
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
ViolenceLittle or none
Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
Frightening scenesLittle or none
Sex, nudityMild
Dark themesMild
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismThought-Provoking
Not listed for kids or family movie night.
19 of 19
Directing · 1
Hitoshi One Director, Screenplay
Production · 6
Yasuhiro Masaoka Producer
Ryûji Ichiyama Producer
Yoshiko Arae Casting
Akihiro Yamauchi Co-Producer
Masako Tanabe Production Manager
Wataru Takano Co-Producer
Editing · 1
Yasuyuki Ozeki Editor
Sound · 3
Kyoko Kitahara Music Producer
Shinji Watanabe Sound Recordist
Masaya Kitada Sound Effects
Art · 2
Wataru Hirai Production Design
Hiroo Kobayashi Decorator
Visual Effects · 1
Etsushi Sugawara Visual Effects
Lighting · 1
Naoyuki Hori Gaffer

Tropes

Rescue Romancein 648 titlesInvoked. The heroine deliberately attracts the attention of a guy she wants to investigate for possible murder by pretending to drown so he can rescue her, and striking up a romance afterwards.He Knows Too Muchin 1,281 titlesPeter Lyman's secretary thinks she was poisoned because she found a clue that could indicate that Lyman is the Tarot Card Killer.All 27 tropes

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