The Wings of the Kirin

January. 28,2012      
Rating:
6.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A man's body is found under the statue of a winged kirin in the Nihombashi area of Tokyo. A suspect named Yashima has a car accident and falls unconscious while he is attempting to run away. Yashima's lover Kaori comes from Fukushima and tells detectives that he is absolutely not a criminal. Meanwhile, Detective Kyoichiro Kaga's (Hiroshi Abe) investigates and uncovers a point of contact between the dead body and Yashima. A hidden fact of the victim is revealed which even his children did not know about...

Hiroshi Abe as  Kyoichirou Kaga
Yui Aragaki as  Kaori Nakahara
Meisa Kuroki as  Ami aoyama
Junpei Mizobata as  Syuhei Matsumiya
Kiichi Nakai as  Takeaki Aoyagi
Tori Matsuzaka as  Yuto Aoyagi
Rena Tanaka as  Tokiko Kanamori
Masaki Suda as  Tomoyuki Yoshinaga
Kento Yamazaki as  Tatsuya Sugino
Tokio Emoto as  Shyogo Yokota

Reviews

ThiefHott
2012/01/28

Too much of everything

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Hayden Kane
2012/01/29

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

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Verity Robins
2012/01/30

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

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Janis
2012/01/31

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

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ai0618
2012/02/01

The movie is mystery movie. The original is novel written by Keigo Higasino.He is my favorite novelist.His works are a lot of become a movie. I read the book original. It was so mystery.Actors are Hirosi Abe,Jyunniti Mizobata,Tori Matsuzaka etc...I like Tori Matsuzaka.He is so cool.His performance is good.The story is murder case at Nihonnbasi.It is so sad.Porice investigation that.And then ,case was solved.It was gave me thrill. The mystery is interesting.I like this movie very much. Because,totally good. I want to see next work.This story has series of Sinnzannmono.I like this series.I want to read his work.

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kluseba
2012/02/02

This movie definitely is one of the better crime movies I have seen in the past few years. It's not necessarily the solid but overall not too creative story that makes this movie so great but especially the intriguing characters and the flawless acting. Every actor has its own strong charisma but I definitely must point out the play of Hiroshi Abe. By playing a down to earth and quite smart cop with some familiar issues, his acting feels very honest and natural. It feels as if he would simply be himself instead of playing a character of a movie and that's a very strong point in my humble opinion.Let's talk a little bit about the story. We witness the death of an old and rich chef on a Japanese enterprise who collapses on the bridge under the sign of two kirins. The old man has been stabbed in a tunnel but instead of looking for help, he desperately tried to make it to the kirin statues. It turns soon out that he has been robbed out prior to his death. The robber is identified by the police after having cold his girlfriend and tries to flee. After a short fight, he gets hit by a truck and falls in a coma. Even though evidences seem to make clear that the unconscious thief has killed the old man, the main investigator and his assistant follow different options. They soon find out that the old man's family didn't know much about him. What did the old man do in different sections of Tokyo during the afternoons instead of being in his bureau or his factories? This questions is the key to a well developed answer in a story with a few intriguing turns even though one can predict the movie's ending after about two third of its running time.The story is solid but it's really the emotional acting that makes this flick stand out. Without the realistic play of main and supporting actors, this movie would have only been solid and got two points less from me. The fact that this movie is very human and focuses on emotional relationships by touching topics such as betrayal and forgiveness, despair and hope as well as love and different family issues adds a lot of depth to the film. The movie is in fact at least as close to a drama as it is to a classic crime flick. The final sequences even put tears in my eyes and felt very philosophical and positive about life. This is the kind of movie that has a deeper message to transmit and that is not only about entertainment.Anybody who likes this kind of emotional and philosophical depth in crime movies should definitely pick up this film. It's way better than all those dark and repetitive Scandinavian crime movies that begin to bore me to death and also a lot better than German crime movies that only play with stereotypes and frequently criticize the society by having a boring touch of morality. This movie feels light and profound at the same time. I wish more crime flicks of that kind would be created and all those Swedish or German directors and screenplay writers should get a fresh inspiration from this very natural movie.

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