is a Japanese thriller film released in 2001 and directed by

Shun Nakahara is a Japanese film director and a professor at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image. He started his career with pornographic films, and since then he has dealt with a wide range of subjects regardless of genre. He won the award for Best Direc ...

. It is based on the bestseller novel of the same title by

Randy Taguchi Randy is a given name, popular in the United States and Canada. It is primarily a masculine name. It was originally derived from the names Randall (given name), Randall, Randolf (given name), Randolf, Randolph (given name), Randolph, as well as ...

Main cast

Miwako Ichikawa is a Japanese actress, sister of actress Mikako Ichikawa. She began in 1991 as a model, and released a single in 1998 and an album the following year. She debuted in acting in 2000 and starred in the films '' Another Heaven'' in 2000 and '' Konse ...

- Yuki Asakura * Miho Tsumiki - Ritsuko *

Houka Kinoshita is a Japanese actor who was formerly represented by the talent agency, Cast Power. He graduated from Osaka Prefectural Nozaki High School and Osaka University of Arts. Biography In 1980, Kinoshita auditioned for the film, ''Gaki Teikoku'', whi ...

- Takayuki Asakura * Masahiko Akuta - Dr. Kunisada * Mantarô Koichi - Yamagishi *

Jun Murakami is a Japanese actor. He is not to be confused with Japanese stunt actor Jun Murakami. Career Murakami starred in Sho Miyake's ''Playback'' (2012). He co-starred in Sion Sono's '' The Land of Hope'' (2012) with Megumi Kagurazaka. He has also a ...

- Jun Murakami

External links

* 2001 films Films based on Japanese novels Films directed by Shun Nakahara 2000s Japanese-language films 2000s Japanese films {{2000s-Japan-film-stub