The Reason

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Movie: The Reason
Romaji: Riyu
Japanese: 理由
Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
Writer: Miyuki Miyabe (novel), Nobuhiko Obayashi
Producer:
Cinematographer: Katsuhiro Kato
Release Date: December 18, 2004
Runtime: 160 Min.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Four people have been murdered in a high-rise Arakawa apartment, only none of them lived there - and none of them are related.

Notes

Based on novel "Riyuu" by Miyuki Miyabe (published in novel format by Asahi Shimbun in May,1998).
Novel "Riyuu" was the winner of the 120th Naoki Prize in 1999.
Related titles:
1. The Reason | Riyuu (TBS / 2012)

Cast

Miyoko Akaza - Takako Koito
Takuro Atsuki - Takahiro Koito
Bengal - Mutsuo Takarai
Rokusuke Ei - Fusao Ariyoshi
Akira Emoto - Yoshifumi Katakura
Jun Fubuki - Shizuko Koito
Tokie Hidari - Toshiko Takarai
Masami Hisamoto - Mieko Kasai
Mai Hosho - Toshiko
Takahito Hosoyamada - Yasutaka Takarai
Wakaba Irie
Renji Ishibashi - Kazuki Hayakawa
Ayumi Ito - Ayako Takarai
Ryo Kase - Yuji Yashiro
Tsurutaro Kataoka - Naotaka Ishida
Hiroshi Katsuno - Naozumi Ishida
Rinko Kikuchi
Ittoku Kishibe - Caretaker
Nenji Kobayashi - Mutuo Toura
Satomi Kobayashi - Atsuko Kitahata
Yoko Kotegawa - Katsuko Akiyoshi
Akaji Maro - A-san
Miyuki Matsuda - Akie Sato
Yoko Minamida - Kinue Ishida
Toru Minegishi - Katsuyuki Akiyoshi
Aoi Miyazaki - Yukari Ishida
Masaru Miyazaki - Naomi Ishida
Takehiro Murata - Ishikawa, Police
Nae - B-ko (as Nae Yuuki)
Yuri Nakae - Writer
Toshie Negishi - Satoko Sunagawa
Shinya Owada - Yoshio Sato
Kyusaku Shimada
Kin Sugai - Taeko Katakura
Mikako Tabe
Danshi Tachikawa - Tatsuo Takarai
Saki Terashima - Nobuko Katakura
Eriko Watanabe - Yukie Katakura
Hiroyuki Watanabe - Police
Tatsuo Yamada - Shinji Koito
Shingo Yanagisawa
Hakobu Okubo - Kasai
Rakuko Tane

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