A woman was killed by a truck wheel, which flew off while the vehicle was in motion. As the freight company which owns the truck becomes the target of the public and the media’s wrath, Tokuro Akamatsu, the president of the freight company, realizes that a structural defect within the truck itself may have been to blame. A conspiracy of the wheel manufacturer's attempts to cover up a defective product is uncovered.
Acting
Tomoya Nagase seethes with restrained desperation throughout.
Writing
Taut procedural that trusts audiences to follow the paperwork.
Direction
Motoki finds dread in conference rooms and factory floors.
Director
Katsuhide Motoki
Tomoya Nagase
Tokuro Akamatsu
Dean Fujioka
Yuta Sawada
Issey Takahashi
Kazuaki Izaki
Kyoko Fukada
Fumie Akamatsu
Ittoku Kishibe
Takeshi Kano
Takashi Sasano
Naokichi Miyashiro
Yasufumi Terawaki
Shinji Takahata
Eiko Koike
Yuko Enomoto
Alan Abe
Shunichi Kadota
Tsuyoshi Muro
Shigemichi Komaki
Aoi Nakamura
Gen Sugimoto
Akira Emoto
Seiji Nomura
Kuranosuke Sasaki
Hirohisa Aizawa
Soko Wada
Hideo Muroi
Houka Kinoshita
Hiroaki Kashiwara
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Jun Ikeido's novel, itself inspired by real 2000s Japanese auto industry scandals. Ikeido also wrote 'Hanzawa Naoki,' explaining the shared DNA of bureaucratic rage.
The film's 'salaryman hero' archede—corporate middle-manager as whistleblower—resonates deeply in Japan's consensus-driven business culture where loyalty traditionally trumps ethics.
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