Eri Fukatsu, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Hikari Mitsushima and Masaki Okada
Winner of five Japanese Academy Awards including Best Actress and Best Actor.
Yuichi (Satoshi Tsumabuki) is a construction worker who has lived his entire life in a sleepy fishing village. With no friends or girlfriend, he spends his days working and looking after his grandparents. Meanwhile, Mitsuyo (Eri Fukatsu) also lives a monotonous life between her job at a men’s clothing store and the apartment she shares with her sister. When the two lonely souls meet on an online dating site, they immediately fall in love. But Yuichi is keeping a secret from her: he’s the chief suspect in a murder enquiry.
As Yuichi and his new lover try to elude the police, the events that led up to the murder and its aftermath are revealed. We learn the stories of the victim, the killer, and their families – stories of love and loneliness, violence and desperation, exposing the inner lives of men and woman who are not everything they appear to be.
Adapted from the award winning novel by Shuichi Yoshida, which sold over half a million copies in Japan.
