INTO THE WHITE NIGHT

BYAKUYAKOU

By Yoshihiro FUKAGAWA

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Drama - Completed 2011

Based on the best selling novel by Japan’s most famous writer Keigo Higashino, the film is about a mystery that all started with a murder of a pawnshop owner, and the lives the daughter of the suspect and the victim’s son have chosen to take afterwards.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2011
Panorama
    • Year of production
    • 2011
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • JAPAN
    • Languages
    • JAPANESE
    • Duration
    • 149 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Yoshihiro FUKAGAWA
    • Writer(s)
    • Yoshihiro FUKAGAWA, Shingo IRIE, Akari YAMAMOTO
    • Synopsis
    • A pawnshop owner was killed in a ruined building. Though no critical evidence was found, the case was closed when a suspect committed suicide. But detective Sasagaki is not convinced out of his professionally trained hunch. Little Yukiho, the beautiful daughter of the suspect, and Ryouji, the son of the victim with pensive eyes, somehow linger in Sasagaki’s head. Later, mysterious incidents occur one after another around grown Yukiho. With the assiduous investigation of Sasagaki, a surprising connection between Yukiho, Ryouji and the incidents gets revealed at last...