Japan / Feb 17, 1999
2h 13min
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
The psychiatric evaluation of a young actor arrested for a brutal double murder concludes he may be unfit for trial. Further investigation, however, reveals the crime was a well-planned statement against the section of Japan's criminal code granting diminished responsibility to the mentally impaired.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Takatoshi Takeda | Detective Nakamura |
| Masato Irie | Hatata Osamu |
| Misayo Haruki | Hatata Kei |
| Daikichi Sugawara | Detective Tatebayashi |
| Jun Kunimura | Shibata Toshimitsu |
| Kirin Kiki | Defence Counsel Shigure Nagamura |
| Tohru Emori | Prosecutor Michihiko Kusama |
| Naoki Sugiura | Professor Saneyuki Fujishiro |
| Yasuhito Ohchi | Kudo Keisuke as a child |
| Isamu Minami | Hatata Osamu (as a child ) |
| Mika Asai | Mikako as a child |
| Ayako Yoshitani | Kudo Atsuko |
| Kazuyo Kawamura | Kudo Miyuki |
| Tomonori Yoshida | Shibata Masaki - as Child |
| Toshie Kobayashi | Asylum nurse |
| Koji Sato | Iwaki Senjo |
| Hiroshi Isobe | Inuyama's lawyer |
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| Kumiko Tsuchiya | Nogami Yoriko |
| Tadao Tamura | Presiding Judge |
| Hirokazu Inoue | Muramatsu |
| Chosuke Ikariya | Patient |
| Lucky Ikeda | Inuyama's detective |
Genres
DramaCrime
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 39 刑法第三十九条 |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Kouwa International, Shochiku |
| Release date | 17 febbraio 1999 |
| Production | Kazuko Misawa, Tsutomu Yamamoto, 田沢連二 |
| Writer | Yasutaka Nagai, Sumio Ōmori |
| Editing | Shinji Tanaka |
| Cinematography | Hiroshi Takase, Takashi Anbo |
| Assistant directors | Taiichi Sugiyama, Yoshimitsu Morita, Kyoko Morinaga |
| Lighting | Akira Ono |
| Camera operators | Hiroshi Takase, Takashi Anbo |
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| Additional photography | Hiroshi Takase, Takashi Anbo |
| Production design | Hidetaka Ozawa |
| Art direction | Hidetaka Ozawa |
| Set decoration | Hidetaka Ozawa |
| Music | Toshihiko Sahashi, Fumio Hashimoto, 裕木陽, Shin'ichi Itô, 小島彩 |
| Sound | Toshihiko Sahashi, Fumio Hashimoto, 裕木陽, Shin'ichi Itô, 小島彩 |
| Costume design | Kunio Nakayama |
| Makeup | Kunio Nakayama |
| Hairstyling | Kunio Nakayama |
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