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The Devil's Path
Why this pick
Shiraishi brings the same abrasive moral pressure to a methodical investigation, where a driven reporter and a guarded inmate expose violence embedded in ordinary institutions.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
1988, Hiroshima. Hioka gets assigned to the second investigative unit under Ogami, a detective rumored to have mob ties, and he is put in charge of the missing person case for an employee at a yakuza-affiliated finance company. Hioka confronts ruthless gang thugs while harboring doubts about the law-breaking Ogami.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Koji Yakusho
Shogo Ogami
Tori Matsuzaka
Shuichi Hioka
Yosuke Eguchi
Moritaka Ichinose
Yoko Maki
Rikako Takagi
Kenichi Takitou
Daisuke Saga