A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.
Acting
Ken Takakura's stoic face contains multitudes of unspoken regret.
Direction
Furuhata frames isolation through empty spaces and withheld emotion.
Cinematography
Rain, neon, and shadows that swallow characters whole.
Director
Yasuo Furuhata
Ken Takakura
Eiji Mikami
Chieko Baisho
Michio Kiriko
Ayumi Ishida
Naoko Mikami
Setsuko Karasuma
Suzuko Yoshimatsu
Yuko Kotegawa
Fuyuko Mikami
Kunie Tanaka
Sugawara
Ryudo Uzaki
Yukio Kinoshita
Hideo Murota
Shigeru Morioka
Nenji Kobayashi
Detective Tatsumi
Raita Ryu
Detective Ogawa
Hideji Ōtaki
Aiba
Tanie Kitabayashi
Masayo Mikami
Minori Terada
Chikaraishi
Akira Nagoya
Takada
Masao Komatsu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ken Takakura was Japan's definitive 'tough guy' star, yet this role dismantles that persona through domestic failure — a meta-commentary on masculine ideals in 1980s Japan.
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