Yôgisha X no kenshin   2008   Japan Suspect X
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Director:Hiroshi Nishitani
Studio:Amuse Pictures
Writer:Yasushi Fukuda, Keigo Higashino
IMDb Rating:7.5 (1,154 votes)
Awards:2 wins & 4 nominations
Genre:Mystery
Duration:128 min
Languages:Japanese
IMDb:1160629
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Hiroshi Nishitani  ...  (Director)
Yasushi Fukuda, Keigo Higashino  ...  (Writer)
 
Masaharu Fukuyama  ...  Manabu Yukawa
Kou Shibasaki  ...  Kaoru Utsumi
Kazuki Kitamura  ...  Shumpei Kusanagi
Yasuko Matsuyuki  ...  Yasuko Hanaoka
Shin'ichi Tsutsumi  ...  Tetsuya Ishigami
Dankan  ...  Kuniaki Kudo
Keishi Nagatsuka  ...  Shinji Togashi
Miho Kanazawa  ...  Misato Hanaoka
Ikkei Watanabe  ...  Hiromi Koribayashi
Hiroshi Shinagawa  ...  Shiro Yuge
Miki Maya  ...  Sakurako Shironouchi
Lily Franky  ...  
Yasufumi Hayashi  ...  Junichi Kakimoto
Koji Ishizaka  ...  
Ayaka Komatsu  ...  
Toru Masuoka  ...  Shujiro Katsuragi
Masaki Miura  ...  
Ryû Morioka  ...  
Takuji Suzuki  ...  
Toshihide Tonesaku  ...  
Akiko Yagi  ...  
Kô Shibasaki  ...  Kaoru Utsumi
Ethan Amis  ...  Clue with Santa
Tôru Masuoka  ...  Shujiro Katsuragi
Hideo Yamamoto  ...  Cinematographer
Kôji Ishizaka  ...  
Ko Shibasaki  ...  Kaoru Utsumi (as Kô Shibasaki)
Rirî Furankî  ...  
Yûgo Kanno  ...  Composer
Masaaki Yamamoto  ...  Editor
Comments: All these geniuses running around and no one decides to look for forensic evidence at the house of the woman they are so convinced has killed her ex-husband. Other than that .... This is a well played mystery, about 30 minutes too long—as par usual for many Japanese or Korean films—that starts off convincing of one scenario and then pulls the ol' switcheroo.

Summary: The body of a male has been discovered, strangled to death, his face pulverized beyond recognition and fingers burned to a crisp. Assigned to the case are local precinct detective, Kaoru Utsumi, and her ex"colleague from headquarters, Shunpei Kusanagi. It turns out that the neighbor of the victim's ex"wife is a college alumnus of brilliant physicist, Manabu Yukawa, aka “Detective Galileo."He is Tetsuya Ishigami, a high school math teacher whom Yukawa personally considers a true genius. When Yukawa is brought onto help with the case by Utsumi, he begins to suspect that this “true genius"and a with whom Yukawa shares a bond of friendship as an intellectual equal is somehow connected to the murder. Elaborate bluffs, false testimonials, loopholes in logic − all begin to appear in Detective Galileo's way as if intentionally placed as a challenge by someone with mathematical brilliance.
"Suspect X" is based on a novel series by Keigo Higashino, winner of the 134th Naoki Prize. The movie's script is a compilation of Higashino's famous "Detective Galileo" series.


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