The Crimes That Bind (2018)
Michiko Oshitani, who lived in Shiga Prefecture, is found dead at an apartment in Tokyo. She was strangled to death. Mutsuo Koshikawa is the owner of the apartment and he goes missing. Detectives including Yuhei Matsumiya who is a cousin of Detective Kyoichiro Kaga , have difficulties in solving the case. They can't find a connection between Michiko Oshitani and Mutsuo Koshikawa. They soon learn that Michiko Oshitani came to Tokyo to visit Hiromi Asai . They graduated from the same school, but there isn't a connection between Hiromi Asai and Mutsuo Koshikawa. Detective Yuhei Matsumiya finds something near Michiko Oshitani's body. That something has the names of 12 bridges surrounding the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo. Detective Kyoichiro Kaga learns of the clue and becomes agitated. There's a connection with his late mother
Director:
Katsuo Fukuzawa
Writer:
Jeong-mi Lee
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Hiroshi Abe as Kyoichiro Kaga |
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Nanako Matsushima as Hiromi Asai |
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Junpei Mizobata as Yuhei Matsumiya |
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Rena Tanaka as Tokiko Kanamori |
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Fumiyo Kohinata as |
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Tsutomu Yamazaki as Takamasa Kaga |
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Ran Ito as Yuriko Tajima |
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Hiyori Sakurada as Hiromi Asai (14-years-old) |
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Nobuhiro Fukushima as |
| Directing | Katsuo Fukuzawa | Director |
| Writing | Keigo Higashino | Novel |
| Writing | Jeong-mi Lee | Screenplay |
| Production | FUJII Kazufumi | Producer |
| Production | Takashi Hirano | Executive Producer |
| Production | Atsushi Nasuda | Executive Producer |
| Production | Hidenori Iyoda | Producer |
| Production | Ryutaro Kawashima | Producer |
| Production | Arimasa Okada | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Hirohide Shida | Music Producer |
| Sound | JUJU | Theme Song Performance |
| Visual Effects | Ittetsu Kojima | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Yugo Kanno | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Hiroki Taniguchi | Sound Effects |
| Art | Takanori Onishi | Production Design |
| Editing | 朝原正志 | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Ikuo Tsukada | Visual Effects |