Hope my recommendation will keep you from missing a good piece.
In fact, I have been downloading this Japanese drama for a long time, because it is too long, divided into two parts, a total duration of 4 hours, I have always doubted that the length is too long will not be boring, after watching it today, I can only say that I was deeply shocked, and the reasoning works in the East Eleventh District will indeed not disappoint.
First of all, to introduce the historical background, Showa 64 is 1989, Showa 64 only 7 days passed, Heisei Tennō succeeded to the throne. In this short period of seven days, there was a case of kidnapping and killing of a young girl, due to the mistake of the telephone operator failed to record the voice of the kidnapper, the arrest failed, 14 years later, there was a copycat of the case, and all the people involved in this case were implicated again, the truth inside was shocking, listen to me slowly...
Reason 1: The cast is strong
That's what drew me to the show
The protagonist, Hiroshi Sato, is a criminal police officer in charge of the 64 trial cases, and after 14 years, as the propaganda officer of the prefectural police, he continues to participate in the investigation of this case. In this film, Sato Hiroshi is harassed everywhere, and is excluded between the prefectural police and reporters, and the daughter is under great pressure to even kneel and cry in front of the victim's family because of discord and running away from home
Ayano's representative works include "All Become f" and "Infinity Double Dragon", etc., and he plays the boss's subordinate in this film
Ying Tai plays one of the representatives of the journalist community, representing the reporter and the county police to compete on the issue of the real-name system, and the performance is very outstanding
Eikura Nana's representative works "For n" and "99.9 Criminal Lawyer", playing the boss in this film
Miura Yuwa's masterpiece "For n" has to say that the uncle was handsome when he was young, old and tasteful, playing one of the county policemen
Masataka Wata's representative works such as "For n", "Death Note", "The Reasoning of Clinical Criminologist Hideo Homura", etc., played a telephone operator, who was guilty of not recording the kidnapper's phone call for a mistake and did not come out for 14 years
Kenichi Takito's masterpiece "Double Dragon" plays a county police chief who only thinks about his own interests
There are many, many more familiar roles, not listed here, I just want to tell you that this movie has a strong cast and no acting skills.
Reason two: Confronting police corruption
In the country, you want to see works depicting corruption in the public service system, the opportunities are few, all kinds of harmony, but in this movie, the showa 64 case, the telephone operator's operation error, the boss ordered the concealment of the truth, one telephone operator was under pressure to close the door for 14 years, and another telephone operator Koda was closely monitored for 14 years.
In order to curry favor with his superiors, the county police chief concealed the name of the driver of a traffic accident case and made it difficult for the propaganda officer at every turn, causing a fierce conflict between the journalist group and the county police.
Reason 3: The journalist group and the county police have been in constant conflict
In addition to the investigation of the case, there is also a main line about the controversy over the reporting of the real-name system, the reporter asked to publish the details of the suspect and the victim, but the county police refused to disclose it for some reasons, during which there were contradictions, under the efforts of the propaganda officer, the suspects of the traffic accident case were finally announced, and the 64 imitation case that appeared immediately followed was ordered not to be named, which provoked a fierce protest from the journalist group
In this film, the reporter is aggressive, the police are hungry and vulnerable, the police are not kind, do not publish the suspect information, the reporter is unjust, and the propaganda officer is pressed step by step, and the words are not inferior. It is also in this way that this film has a big point of view.
Reason for Recommendation 4: The Truth Is Amazing (Spoilers)
The father of the victim of case 64, the only person who heard the voice of the kidnapper, for 14 years, starting from a, the number on the phone book came from house to house, insisted on it for 14 years, and finally found the kidnapper of the year, after telling one of the telephone operators of the year, Koda imitated the case of that year, pretending to kidnap the kidnapper's daughter to threaten the kidnapper. (ps: reminiscent of a novel related to listening to sounds on the phone, "Red Fingers")
The truth is revealed at the end, but seeing the truth reminds people of the foreshadowing of previous films
At the end of the film, the protagonist comes to the public telephone hall that the father of the victim of case 64 has been using, and the close-up of the telephone button makes people see the persistence of a father in order to replace his daughter Zhaoxue
After 4 hours of this film, it is divided into two parts, but the 4-hour length does not have a minute that makes people feel redundant, and the plot is compact and interlocking. There are still many details worth pondering that cannot be elaborated, in short, it is a masterpiece worth seeing...