Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims appear to be family, but as the investigation deepens it is discovered that one of the victims isn't related to the family.
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Takehiro Murata
Ishikawa, Police
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Kyusaku Shimada
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House of Ninjas
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Toru Minegishi
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Nobuhiko Obayashi Director · Fumio Ishimori Screenplay Miyuki Miyabe Author
First release April 29, 2004 · Produced in Japan · Production WOWOW
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PSC
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WOWOW
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Japan
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Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 29, 2004
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Japan · December 18, 2004
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No release date listed for United States.
Japan
November 8, 2005 · TV · The NTV version
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