The director of a large Tokyo trading company is kidnapped and held for ransom. A young but experienced detective is put on the case while being at the centre of a nationwide television sensation.
Direction
Okawara's clinical observation of public cruelty as entertainment
Acting
Watari's John Wayne cosplay meets Japanese salaryman exhaustion
Director
Takao Okawara
Tetsuya Watari
Hiroshi Tsuba
Masatoshi Nagase
Ichiro Fuji
Miki Sakai
Mayo Yonezaki
Akira Emoto
Chief Superintendent Tachibana
Akira Ishihama
Souichiro Atomiya
Tsutomu Isobe
Detective
Sakae Kimura
Detective
Toshiaki Nishizawa
Detective
Shinichiro Okano
Detective
Toshiaki Nishizawa
Mamoru Kanzaki
Kōen Okumura
Coffee Shop Owner
Koichi Ueda
Harada
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
Shin Yamane
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Japan's 'Lost Decade,' the film channels widespread anger at corporate impunity following real scandals like Minamata disease cover-ups.
Okawara directed Godzilla films before and after this—his monster movies and this share the same theme: nature (or karma) eventually crushes what corporations ignore.
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