Killing for the Prosecution
Watch TrailerA prosecutor with an impeccable record. A killer who vanished from justice. When a cold case resurfaces after twenty-eight years, Keiichiro Okino must choose between the law he swore to uphold and the vengeance he swore to keep secret. His pursuit of a new suspect becomes a personal crusade, blurring the line between duty and obsession, threatening to destroy his career and his soul. This 2018 Japanese crime thriller dissects the moral corrosion within the justice system, where the greatest crime may be the search for truth itself.
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | 検察側の罪人 |
| Year | 2018 |
| Country | Japan |
| Genre | Mystery, Drama, Crime, Thriller |
| Director | Masato Harada |
| Runtime | 124 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 6.3/10 (22 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
The director constructs a tense dialogue between legal doctrine and personal morality through a restrained, almost procedural visual style. The frame often feels like a pressure cooker, where internal conflict outweighs external action.
This is for viewers prepared to sit with difficult ethical questions that offer no clean resolutions. You'll leave with the weight of a necessary conversation about justice and its limits. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Masato Harada
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A film for a solitary, contemplative evening when you're ready to dissect shades of gray.
🎭 Cast
Takuya Kimura
Takeshi Mogami
Kazunari Ninomiya
Keiichiro Okino
Yuriko Yoshitaka
Saho Tachibana
Yutaka Matsushige
Toshinari Suwabe
Takehiro Hira
Kazuki Tanno
Norito Yashima
Seiji Odajima
Koji Ohkura
Shiro Yumioka
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Yuma Shirakawa
Hirona Yamazaki
Nanako Mogami
Kenichi Yajima
Susumu Takashima
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