A prosecutor's missing friend texts from the void. Two scandals, one conspiracy, zero sleep.
Shinichi Tominaga is a prosecutor, newly appointed to the special investigation division for the Tokyo district prosecutors' office. He is currently busy with a case involving suspicious donations to powerful politician Yohei Tachibana. Shinichi then receives a mysterious message from his friend Samon Kondo. His friend is in charge of space development at The The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The message talks about a scandal related to space development. Samon soon goes missing after sending the message. Shinichi begins to see a connection between the two cases.
Acting
Tatsuya Nakadai's politician chews scenery like it's his last meal.
Direction
Wakamatsu lets silence do the screaming in interrogation rooms.
Director
Setsuro Wakamatsu
Hiroshi Tamaki
Shinichi Tominaga
Saki Aibu
Haruka Hattanda
Ken Tanaka
Ippei Komatsu
Ryo Tamura
Kazuo Tominaga
Mitsuko Kusabue
Tokiko Hongo
Tatsuya Nakadai
Yohei Tachibana
Mikihisa Azuma
Akira Takatori
Masahiko Nishimura
Nobutsuna Nakae
Keisuke Horibe
Kenzo Maehara
Jundai Yamada
Yusuke Higa
Michiko Hada
Nozomi Iwashita
Eiji Okuda
Kiichi Haze
Masanobu Katsumura
Kotaro Terajima
Masato Hagiwara
Tetsuo Higarashi
Kosuke Suzuki
Samon Kodo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on actual 2010s Japanese political scandals; the 'special investigation unit' is a real prosecutor division with terrifying autonomy.
Setsuro Wakamatsu directed the 1998 'Whiteout'—this is his return to bureaucratic thrillers after nearly two decades.
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