Based on the novel of the same name by Fumitsunori Nenakamura, it is a Japanese suspense film directed by Tomoyuki Takimoto, Tsuneori Iwata, and starring Mizuki Yamamoto, Koshi Saito, Reina Asami, and Kazuki Kitamura.
Farewell to you last winter (2018)
Director: Tomoyuki Takimoto
Writers: Fuminori Nakamura
Starring: Iwata Yoshinori / Yamamoto Mitsuki / Kouji / Asano Mina / Kitamura Kazunori
Genre: Drama / Suspense / Crime
Country/Region of Production: Japan
Language: Japanese
Screening Date: 2018-03-10 (Japan)
Runtime: 119 minutes
Also known as: Last winter, separated from you / Last winter, parted ways with Jun
Yudai Kihara (Saito Gong), a famous photographer who won an international competition, caught fire during a shoot and blind female models were burned alive unable to escape in time.
Although there is no strong evidence that Xiongda was only sentenced to probation by the court for his connection to the death of the blind woman, the Internet has been rumored that Xiongda deliberately set fire to inspire inspiration and has been filming at the scene of the fire.
More than a year after the case, an independent journalist, Kyosuke Yayun (Tsuneyoshi Iwata), came to the publishing house and proposed to investigate the case from scratch and create related books, which I hope to publish after completion. The publisher, with the idea of giving it a try, agreed to Kyosuke's investigation.
As the investigation progresses, Kyosuke discovers that Yudai and his sister Juri (Asami Lingna) have a tragic childhood, and the two are intruded into their home as teenagers and stabbed to death of their single father on the spot, and the two are also stabbed to death, and the murderer is still at large.
It is also rumored that there may be incest in the ambiguous relationship between the two brothers and sisters, and the father sexually assaulted and atrocities against his own daughter Zhu Li, and the two brothers and sisters joined forces to kill the father, because there is no direct evidence that the case has become a dusty case.
More Xiongda's classmates broke the news that Xiongda's psychology is extremely perverted, he likes to rob other people's girlfriends, and once he gets it, he prefers to kidnap and imprison women.
Kyosuke and his girlfriend Yuriko (Mizuki Yamamoto) are preparing for the wedding at this time, and the complicated case they are dealing with makes Kyosuke feel stressed, and there are problems communicating with Yuriko.
Because of the interview with Kyosuke, who met Yuriko, he discovered the existence of Yuriko, and the depressed bath fire in his heart stirred again, and the perverted black hand quietly approached the innocent Yuriko, and everything slowly approached towards a surprising ending.
The layout of the film structure is a bit like the novel with three chapters in the upper and lower parts, and the three chapters of the upper part and the three chapters of the lower part of the plot will have a huge reversal and develop in the opposite direction.
In the first half of the suspense setting, there are not many surprises, which belongs to the decent and step-by-step, and most of the audience can guess the trajectory of the plot. The rhythm of the second half suddenly accelerates, one unexpected plot after another continues to appear, and the film gradually enters a climax.
There are many heavy taste elements of the film, sexual assault, incest, murder, and secret confinement all come over again, and the most interesting thing about the movie is that after peddling a series of bad tastes, it has become the theme of pure love, which is very surprising.
Overall, the degree of completion is relatively high, some small loopholes have nothing to do with the overall situation, both thrilling suspense and lamentable sad love, it is worth seeing.