Baffling serial killings unfold in which the victims are tied up and left to starve. Tone was just released from prison after finishing his sentence for another crime, and he surfaces as a suspect but detective Tomashiro can't nail down conclusive proof.
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Takeru Satoh
Yasuhisa Tone
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Takahisa Zeze Director · Tamio Hayashi Screenplay Shichiri Nakayama Story
First release October 1, 2021 · Produced in Japan · Production Amuse Soft Entertainment, Kinoshita Group
Production
Shochiku
Production · Distribution
Amuse Soft Entertainment
Production
Kinoshita Group
Production
Tohan
Production
Shochiku Studio
Production
Aeon Entertainment
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NHK Publishing
Production
Shochiku Broadcasting
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Shochiku Tokyo Studio
Production
Japan
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Original title
護られなかった者たちへ
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 1, 2021
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
South Korea
October 7, 2021 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
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