“"Have you ever wanted to kill someone?"”
August 1995: Mikiya first meets Shiki in a white kimono during a snowing day. Later on, at the high school freshmen ceremony, Mikiya sees Shiki in the crowd and chases after her, introducing himself to her. But Shiki hides a big secret: A wave of bizarre murders occur around many loose ends, and no suspects. there are still many questions: Who to believe? Who is the murderer? What is the secret of Shiki? and especially: Who is SHIKI?
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Part of The Garden of Sinners Collection
8 films
The Garden of Sinners: Overlooking View
Movie · 2007
The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder - Part 1
Movie · 2007
The Garden of Sinners: Remaining Sense of Pain
Movie · 2008
The Garden of Sinners: The Hollow Shrine
Movie · 2008
The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral
Movie · 2008
The Garden of Sinners: Oblivion Recording
Movie · 2008
The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder - Part 2
Movie · 2009
The Garden of Sinners: Epilogue
Movie · 2010
Cast
11 people
Maaya Sakamoto
Shiki Ryougi (voice)
Known for
Sword Art Online
Monogatari
Kenichi Suzumura
Mikiya Kokutou (voice)
Known for
Fairy Tail
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Jouji Nakata
Souren Araya (voice)
Known for
Naruto Shippūden
Elfen Lied
Takako Honda
Touko Aozaki (voice)
Known for
Naruto Shippūden
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Hiroki Touchi
Daisuke Akimi (voice)
Known for
Solo Leveling
Fairy Tail
Makoto Yasumura
Akitaka (voice)
Known for
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Howl's Moving Castle
Soichiro Hoshi
Lio Shirazumi (voice)
Known for
Kuroko's Basketball
Sword Art Online
Kenji Takahashi
Gakuto (voice)
Known for
Stigma of the Wind
Chihayafuru
Ryo Sugisaki
Shiki's father (voice)
Known for
The Slime Diaries
Classroom of the Elite
Kaori Akashi
Kokutou's mother (voice)
Known for
Eden of the East
Takayuki Masuda
Detective (voice)
Also in
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes
Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO Movie Wars Mega Max
Takuya Nonaka Director · Masaki Hiramatsu Screenplay Kinoko Nasu Author
First release December 29, 2007 · Produced in Japan · Production Aniplex, Kodansha
Production
ufotable
Production · Studio
Aniplex
Production
Kodansha
Production
TYPE-MOON
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
劇場版「空の境界」第二章 殺人考察（前）
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · December 29, 2007
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
United Kingdom
November 25, 2019 · Physical · The Garden of Sinners Movie Collection Blu-ray
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