Darkness in the Light (2001)
A middle-aged salaryman with a typical family, living quietly in a provincial city (Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture), wakes up one morning in the summer of 1994 to find himself the prime suspect in the biggest mass-murder case of the decade.
Director:
Kei Kumai
Writer:
Kei Kumai
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Kiichi Nakai as Makoto Sasano |
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Akira Terao as Toshio Kanbe |
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Naomi Hosokawa as Keiko Hanazawa |
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Nagiko Tono as Emi Shimao |
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Yukiya Kitamura as Koji Asakawa |
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Takayuki Katô as Taro Noda |
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Renji Ishibashi as Detective Yoshida |
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Kazuo Kitamura as Takeo Nagata |
| Directing | Kei Kumai | Director |
| Editing | Osamu Inoue | Editor |
| Sound | Teizō Matsumura | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Kazuo Okuhara | Director of Photography |
| Art | Takeo Kimura | Art Direction |
| Writing | Koichi Hiraishi | Original Story |
| Writing | Kei Kumai | Screenplay |
| Production | Taketo Niitsu | Producer |
| Production | Takefumi Yoshikawa | Casting |
| Lighting | Kazuo Yabe | Gaffer |
| Production | Masaya Nakamura | Executive Producer |