A male corpse is discovered with a smashed face and burned hands. Strangely, the cause of death is determined to be strangulation. When Detective Kaoru Utsumi attempts to corroborate the victim’s ex-wife’s alibi she discovers the mysterious neighbor and only a few small clues to help her disprove a seemingly "airtight" alibi...
Acting
Shinichi Tsutsumi's restrained devastation—eyes that do all the confessing
Cinematography
Ramen shop conversations lit like sacred geometry problems
Writing
Keigo Higashino's puzzle-box structure, every clue a time bomb
Director
Hiroshi Nishitani
Masaharu Fukuyama
Manabu Yukawa
Ko Shibasaki
Kaoru Utsumi
Kazuki Kitamura
Shumpei Kusanagi
Ikkei Watanabe
Hiromi Koribayashi
Miki Maya
Sakurako Shironouchi
Shinichi Tsutsumi
Tetsuya Ishigami
Yasuko Matsuyuki
Yasuko Hanaoka
Keishi Nagatsuka
Shinji Togashi
Hiroshi Shinagawa
Shiro Yuge
Dankan
Kuniaki Kudo
Miho Kanazawa
Misato Hanaoka
Toru Masuoka
Shujiro Katsuragi
Yasufumi Hayashi
Junichi Kakimoto
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is the third adaptation of Higashino's novel; the 2012 Korean version 'Perfect Number' changes the ending entirely.
Fukuyama's 'Galileo' TV series character Yukawa was so popular he got this film spinoff—making this technically prestige detective fan service.
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