is a Japanese

thriller Thriller may refer to: * Thriller (genre), a broad genre of literature, film and television ** Thriller film, a film genre under the general thriller genre Comics * ''Thriller'' (DC Comics), a comic book series published 1983–84 by DC Comics i ...

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 A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ...

of the same title by Randy Taguchi.

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'', whic ...

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

Jun Murakami is a Japanese actor. 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 appeared in films such as Takahisa Zeze's '' Heaven's Story'' an ...

- Jun Murakami

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