Found in: Japan Season
Yurigokoro

Yurigokoro

classified 18 S

Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2019

Film

Please note: This was screened in Feb 2019

Director
Naoto Kumazawa
Cast
Yuriko Yoshitaka, Tae Kimura, Kaya Kiyohara
Details
128 mins, Subtitled, 2017, Japan
Primary language
Japanese

A young man discovers a serial killer’s journal after his fiancée goes missing in this brutal and captivating thriller.

Ryosuke’s life turns upside down after his dad is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and his fiancée disappears. As he tries to figure out where she is, he discovers a diary in his father’s belongings. Within its pages is a passage confessing to a murder in the past. Is it fact or is it fiction? Who wrote it and what was it intended for? Could it be linked to his own life?

Based on the mystery novel by Mahokaru Numata, this cleverly crafted film is a haunting tale of love and secrets that struggle to stay kept.

Please note: This film contains scenes of violence and self harm which may affect viewers sensitive to such subject matter.


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