In this adaptation of the popular eponymous mystery novel by Keisuke Matsuoka, Paris provides the gorgeous backdrop for a grand intrigue involving the world’s most iconic artistic treasure: the Mona Lisa. Minds will be blown, puzzles will be solved, but will a 500-year-old curse be removed?
Production
Paris locations make this feel way bigger than its budget.
Costume
Haruka Ayase's appraiser wardrobe is quietly iconic.
Practical Effects
Physical Mona Lisa replica details are surprisingly convincing.
Director
Shinsuke Sato
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Haruka Ayase performed her own appraisal gestures after training with actual art authenticators in Tokyo.
The film adapts only the first novel in a series—Riko Rinda's continued adventures never made it to screen, leaving this as a charming standalone curiosity.
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