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1996

1h 12m

5.8(10 votes)

Thriller

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Crime

Overview

A short, direct and to-the-point media-commentary thriller. A sleazy TV producer trying to exploit a quiet otaku (an obsessive hobbyist) whose hobby is electronic eavesdropping ends up getting a lot more than he bargained for when they eavesdrop on the wrong conversation and he prods said otaku into helping him "investigate" the lead, only to find out that some things (and people) are not always as they seem, when a minor altercation causes things to take a rather nasty turn....

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Tadanobu Asano

Tadanobu Asano

Kanemura

Akira Shirai

Iwai

Keiko Unno

Yoko

Tetsuo Sano

Ikko Suzuki

Ikko Suzuki

Atsuo Nakata

Wakako Matsuzaka

Kazuhiko Nakamura

Noborou Shirai

Suki Tadaka

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Directed by: Satoshi Isaka
Written by: Kazuo Shin

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