Found in: Japan Tour 2018
Gukoroku - Traces of Sin

Gukoroku - Traces of Sin + Screenwriter Q&A

classified 15 S

Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2018

Film

Please note: This was screened in Feb 2018

Director
Kei Ishikawa
Cast
Satoshi Tsumabuki, Hikari Mitsushima, Keisuke Koide
Details
120 mins, Subtitled, 2016, Japan

A troubled journalist looks into a cold case involving the murder of a seemingly perfect family in this seductive, twist-filled mystery.

Investigative journalist Tanaka (Satoshi Tsumabuki) is going through a hard time - his sister is behind bars after being charged with child neglect and awaiting trial. To distract himself, he immerses himself into the unsolved murder of a 'perfect' family, interviewing their friends and family, discovering the family weren't as ideal as they seemed - and the vicious web of elitist social circles that existed around them.

Described as a grisly Tokyo noir that "David Fincher would be proud of" in the Telegraph's glowing 4-star review, this is a rare look at class warfare in Japan.


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