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KILLING FOR THE PROSECUTION (検察側の罪人)
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Completed - JAPANESE - Drama - 122 minutes

Log Line

This powerful legal drama, which is an adaptation of a 2013 novel by Shusuke Shizukui, probes deeply the perennial question of exactly ‘What is justice?’.

Year of production : 2018

Director(s) : Masato HARADA
Cast : Takuya KIMURA, Kazunari NINOMIYA

Synopsis

Two public prosecutors, one a veteran named Mogami (Kimura) and the other a young talent, Okino (Ninomiya), are both assigned to a murder case involving a suspect that Mogami once let get away. As Mogami relentlessly pursues a conviction of the suspect, a rift gradually opens between him and Okino, who harbours doubts about the case, before leading eventually to a full rupture in their relationship over their respective ideas of justice.

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Country(ies) : JAPAN


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