Movie: The Motive

Top 10 Billed Cast

Takehiro Murata
村田雄浩

Ishikawa, Police

Ryo Kase
加瀬亮

Yuji Yashiro

Toshie Negishi
根岸季衣

Satoko Sunagawa

Saki Terashima
寺島咲

Nobuko Katakura

Takuro Atsuki
Takuro Atsuki

Takahiro Koito

Wakaba Irie
入江若葉

Ittoku Kishibe
岸部一徳

Caretaker

Tokie Hidari
左時枝

Toshiko Takarai

Kyūsaku Shimada
嶋田久作

Shin'ya Ohwada
大和田伸也

Yoshio Sato

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    Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims appear to be family, but as the investigation deepens it is discovered that one of the victims isn't related to the family.

  • Release Date

    2004-12-18

  • Average

    6.4

  • Rating:

    3.2 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語
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