The Wings of the Kirin

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Movie: The Wings of the Kirin
Romaji: Kirin no Tsubasa: Gekijoban Shinzanmono
Japanese: 麒麟の翼　～劇場版・新参者～
Director: Nobuhiro Doi
Assistant Director: Yasukazu Sugiyama
Writer: Keigo Higashino (novel), Takeharu Sakurai
Producer: Jun Nasuda, Hidenori Iyoda, Junichi Shindo, Kazuya Hamana
Cinematographer: Hideo Yamamoto
World Premiere: October, 2011 (Tokyo International Film Festival)
Release Date: January 28, 2012
Runtime: 129 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

A man's body is found under the statue of a giraffe with wings in the Nihombashi area of Tokyo. A suspect named Yashima has a car accident and falls unconscious while he is attempting to run away. Yashima's lover Kaori comes from Fukushima and tells detectives that he is absolutely not a criminal. Meanwhile, Detective Kyoichiro Kaga's (Hiroshi Abe) investigates and uncovers a point of contact between the dead body and Yashima. A hidden fact of the victim is revealed which even his children did not know about ...

Notes

"Kirin no Tsubasa: Gekijoban Shinzanmono" is based on Keigo Higashino's "Kyoichiro Kaga" mystery series novels. Specifically the 9th novel in that series "Kirin no Tsubasa".
Filming began May 12, 2011
Related titles:
1. Shinzanmono (TBS / 2010)
2. Akai Yubi - Shinzanmono Kaga Kyouichiro Futatabi! (TBS / 2011)
3. The Wings of the Kirin | Kirin no Tsubasa: Gekijoban Shinzanmono (2012)
4. Nemuri no Mori - Shinzanmono Special (TBS / 2014)
5. The Crimes That Bind | Inori no Maku ga Oriru Toki (2018)

Cast



Hiroshi Abe	Yui Aragaki	Junpei Mizobata	Tori Matsuzaka	Masaki Suda
Kyoichiro Kaga	Kaori Nakahara	Yuhei Matsumiya	Yuto Aoyagi	Tomoyuki Yoshinaga



Kento Yamazaki	Tokio Emoto	Seika Taketomi	Seiya	Meisa Kuroki
Tatsuya Sugino	Shyogo Yokota	Haruka Aoyagi	Shota Kurosawa	Ami Aoyama



Tsutomu Yamazaki	Takahiro Miura	Hitori Gekidan	Natsuko Akiyama	Shingo Tsurumi
Takamasa Kaga	Huyuki Yajima	Hajime Itokawa	Mieko Yoshinaga	Yukio Kodake



Yutaka Matsushige	Rena Tanaka	Kiichi Nakai
Kobayashi	Tokiko Kanamori	Takeaki Aoyagi

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Film Festivals

2011 (24th) Tokyo International Film Festival - October 22 - 30, 2011 - Special Screenings *World Premiere
2012 (15th) Shanghai International Film Festival - June 16-24, 2012 - Spectrum

Comments

Christine Jan 30 2016 5:09 am Probably my most favorite Japanese movie ever! The unexpected plot-twists and unending discovery of new mysteries left me jaw-dropped. I will definitely give this movie 10 out of 10.

Bitter Lemon Jan 19 2014 11:53 am Watched this film for the 4th time now and still thrilled with the plot twist... :)

nana858 Aug 04 2012 6:46 pm Wow, very similar and identical to Shinzanmono especially the music and the theme. I think this movie is a special of Shinzanmono because the name of the characters such as "Kyoichiro Kaga", "Yuhei Matsumiyais", and "Ami Aoyama" are the same.

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