Phone Call to the Bar

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Movie: Phone Call to the Bar (English title)
Romaji: Tantei Wa Bar Ni Iru
Japanese: 探偵はBARにいる
Director: Hajime Hashimoto
Writer: Naomi Azuma (novel), Ryota Kosawa, Yasushi Suto
Producer: Yasushi Suto
Cinematographer: Kazushige Tanaka
Assistant Director: Hiroshi Takahashi
Release Date: September 10, 2011
Runtime: 125 min.
Genre: Crime / Mystery / Suspense / Private Detective
Distributor: Toei
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with his driver Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) in his favorite bar. There he receives a phone call from a woman who identifies herself as Kyoko Kondo. The woman asks the detective to complete a simple task. The detective, having an excellant sense for danger, thinks the work is easy and accepts the case. The next day he begins the investigation.

Not longer after he starts, the private detective is kidnapped and buried under snow. He barely manages to get away thanks to the arrival of his driver Takada. The detective is now angry and vows revenge. He then receives another phone call from Kyoko Kondo. The private detective and Takada investigate further and they soon comes across a mysterious woman named Saori (Koyuki), a mob boss named Toshio Kirishima (Toshiyuki Nishida) and four murder cases ...

Notes

Based on novel "Ba ni Kakatte Kita Denwa" by Naomi Azuma (published January, 1993 by Hayakawa Publishing).
Related titles:
1. Phone Call to the Bar | Tantei Wa Bar ni Iru (2011)
2. Detective in the Bar | Tantei Wa Bar Ni Iru 2 (2013)
3. The Last Shot in the Bar | Tantei Wa Bar Ni Iru 3 (2017)