A child's life, a ticking clock, and a phone that won't stop ringing.
In the early hours of April 13th, a five year old hemophiliac child was kidnapped by someone from Tanemura General Hospital in Tokyo, Setagaya. Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Inspector Kitahara, who received the report, goes quickly to the Tanemura home, along with other police to speak to the family of the child. Then, suddenly, the phone rings. The kidnapper wants money.
Acting
Meiko Kaji's contained desperation steals every scene.
Direction
Sadanaga stretches 91 minutes into pure dread.
Sound
That ringing phone will haunt your dreams.
Director
Masahisa Sadanaga
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Japan's 1970s 'jitsuroku' boom: true-crime-inspired films reflecting societal anxiety after economic collapse and political violence.
Shot in just 12 days on leftover studio sets; the cramped Tanemura apartment was originally built for a completely different production.
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