Years after she related to him the story of her parents’ death in a fire, for which – rightly or wrongly – she feels responsible, Japanese psychiatrist Dr. Sanada meets his former patient Azusa once again. Back then, she lambasted him for being wrong for the job. Back then, he let slip that she isn’t actually crazy. Now she’s a prostitute living in precarious circumstances in Los Angeles and is accused of murder, with her memories once again moving inexorably towards a fire. Sanada assesses her in the presence of an investigator who appears not to understand Japanese. Is Azusa now mentally ill for real? Was she back then? And why does the description of her tormentors upset him so?
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Kaori Momoi
Azusa
Known for
Memoirs of a Geisha
Ghost in the Shell
Yugo Saso
Sanada
Known for
To End All Wars
A Bride for Rip Van Winkle
Fuminori Nakamura
Hidesuke Kataoka
Ayako Fujitani
Mrs. Sanada
Known for
Tokyo!
The Last Ship
Miyuki Takahashi
Chikako Nakabayashi
Brian Sturges
Detective
Also in
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Kazuyoshi Okuyama
Also in
119
Daisuke Kamijo
Janilee M Ava
Patient
Sarah Kei Brooks
Nurse
Kaori Momoi Director · Fuminori Nakamura Story Gints Bērziņš Cinematographer
United States release September 10, 2017 · Produced in Japan · Production Yoshimoto Creative Agency, Booster Project
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KATSU-do
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Yoshimoto Creative Agency
Production
Booster Project
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Japan
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Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 16, 2015
Kyoto International Film Festival
United States · September 10, 2017
Japan Film Festival of San Francisco
Germany
February 13, 2016 · Premiere
Hong Kong SAR China
March 31, 2016 · Hong Kong International Film Festival
United Kingdom
October 27, 2016 · London East Asia Film Festival
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