A man brutally murders a married couple and leaves the word “ikari” (“rage”) written with their blood. The killer undergoes plastic surgery and flees. At three different locations in Japan, a male stranger appears. People suspect that the stranger might be the murderer.
Acting
Suzu Hirose's devastating innocence
Cinematography
Okinawa's blue waters vs. Tokyo's grey alienation
Direction
Lee's patient unraveling of three parallel lives
Director
Sang-il Lee
Ken Watanabe
Yohei Maki
Mirai Moriyama
Shingo Tanaka
Aoi Miyazaki
Aiko Maki
Satoshi Tsumabuki
Yuma Fujita
Go Ayano
Naoto Onishi
Suzu Hirose
Izumi Komiya
Kenichi Matsuyama
Tetsuya Tashiro
Hideko Hara
Takako Fujita, Yuma's Mother
Chizuru Ikewaki
Asuka
Mitsuki Takahata
Kaoru
Takahiro Miura
Sosuke Kitami
Pierre Taki
Kunihisa Nanjo
Takara Sakumoto
Tatsuya
Hiroaki Iwanaga
Guy at Party
Shingo Mizusawa
Hayakawa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The novel by Shuichi Yoshida sparked debate about Japan's treatment of LGBTQ+ youth; Lee's adaptation amplifies the closet as its own kind of violence.
Go Ayano and Suzu Hirose filmed their final scene in a single 12-minute take; Ayano refused to break character between resets.
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