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Retribution is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa released in USA on 1 october 2006 with Kōji Yakusho
Retribution (2007)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 october 2006
Length 1h44
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
OriginJapon
Themes Ghost films
Rating63%
Retribution (叫, Sakebi) is a 2006 Japanese mystery film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, starring Koji Yakusho, of a detective's investigation of serial murders that leads him to a mysterious woman in red who slowly draws him into the darkness.
Synopsis
Yoshioka, an experienced detective, investigates the murder of an unknown woman in a red dress. She was drowned on the Tokyo waterfront, but an autopsy reveals that her stomach is full of seawater. Moreover, all the clues he finds relate to himself: A button found at the murder scene matches one that is missing from his own coat, and fingerprints found match his own. Yoshioka realizes that the only viable suspect is himself; but he doesn't remember a thing.Actors
Kōji Yakusho
(Noboru Yoshioka)
Manami Konishi
(Harue Nimura)
Tsuyoshi Ihara
(Toru Miyaji)
Joe Odagiri
(Dr. Takagi)
Ryō Kase
(Man on Boat)
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