Based on the novel of the same name by the famous Japanese mystery novel writer Keigo Higashino, "When the Prayer Ends" was released on April 12.
The film was written by Keigo Higashino himself, directed by katsuo Fukuzawa, a well-known Japanese director, and co-starring powerful actors such as Hiroshi Abe and Naoko Matsushima.
As the last part of the Kaga Kyoichiro series, this time the story, Higashino Keigo finally tells the full story of Kaga Kyoichiro's life, through the detection of serial murders, interlocking, unveiling the mystery of his own life.
"When the Prayer Ends" currently has a Douban score of 8.0, and many people are touched by the family story in the movie, and most viewers shed tears during the movie. Unlike the usual suspenseful reasoning, Keigo Higashino's works always touch people's hearts.
In an interview, Abe said it would be his last appearance as Kyoichiro Kaga. When I watched some film reviews and shared, I found that many people were reluctant to Kyoichiro Kaga.
Yes, a series is over, and a period of drama-chasing youth has also come to an end. Just as the mood for the Harry Potter series and marvel series is the same for "Kyoichiro Kaga". For those who are not familiar with the entire series, this is just a good movie, but for fans and fans, this reluctance has its own youth, and there are memories of every time you read a book.
Kyoichiro Kaga first appeared in Keigo Higashino's second novel, Graduation - Snow Moon Flower Killing Game, in his early 20s, a student in his early 20s, the chief of the Kendo Department, involved in a serial murder incident in the school, acting as a detective.
It is also in this book that he proposes to Shaduko Aihara, who spent his high school and college years together, but shaduzi refuses. This novel not only tells the story of Kaga Kyoichiro's family relationship, but also makes it clear that he does not want to inherit his father's business and become a policeman, but chooses to become a teacher.
In 1989's Sleeping Forest, he receives 1 or 2 letters from Satoruko every year, but the two do not make any further progress, and it is also in this book that Kyoichiro Kaga's career changes, and he enters the search class to become a policeman.
The reason for this is explained in Red Finger (2006), why he gave up his teaching position to become a police officer, and the tension between him and his father was also due to the fact that his mother ran away from home at the age of 12 and never saw each other again.
After a series of cases and his own reasons, he gave up his promotion opportunity in the Search Class and came to the Nihonbashi Police Station, and the reason for this is in "When the Prayer Ends".
Someone once said, "Whether you like to read speculative fiction or not, or even whether you like to read books or not, Keigo Higashino's name can't get around." ”
Keigo Higashino seems to grow up with generations, with most bookshelves having one or two novels by Keigo Higashino on their shelves, and the library lending charts are also high.
In China, Keigo Higashino's most familiar works are "Relief Grocery Store", "The Dedication of Suspect X" and "White Night", the first two of which have been adapted into movies and released in China, and "White Night" was presented in the form of a musical last year and was widely praised.
Similarly, if you like to watch this series, then you can't get around Abe in any way, not so much kyoichiro Kaga, who he played for eight years, but rather.
In an interview, Hiroshi Abe said, "The TV series 'New Entrants' has been airing for 8 years, and this movie will be the final chapter of this series. The male protagonist He is a relatively calm and rigorous person, so I will print his personality into my heart and show a calm side when acting. I almost wanted to play a criminal police role, and I met this work, and I got a lot of things by playing this role. I always felt that kaga's character had supported me in an inexplicable way over the past 8 years. ”
In the novel, Kaga Kyoichiro is a person who is "tall and thin, with broad shoulders, obvious facial contours, deep eyes, and a pointed chin; because he does not smoke, his teeth are very white, and his smile is cheerful, but he is sharp in the search scene; he is not able to speak well, nor is he silent, and his personality is calm and rigorous, and he has a leadership temperament." Under Abe's interpretation, the two have long been integrated.
In both the novel and the movie, Kyoichiro Kaga is an ordinary person, he lives the life of the most ordinary criminal police, but he is witty and brave and good at kendo, his careful analysis of the case does not let go of clues, but he will also tease friends; his sanity and sobriety do not prevent him from interpreting human nature; he will wait in line to buy a humanoid ware, and he will also eat at a small shop in Tokyo and talk with the boss.
In the novel, his "sentient" detective runs through the whole process, he said that "the cracking of a case is not just as simple as finding out the truth, but to get the life that has become chaotic because of the case back on track, so that the parties can get out of the shadow and trauma of the case and find their own lives." ”
His appearance breaks the stereotype of the criminal police in many movies and novels, and also makes readers like such a real person.
He has real pain, he is willing to admit that because of the lack of his Oedipus plot, he also has selfish desires, in order to understand his mother's life after leaving home, he took the initiative to transfer away from the search lesson, came to the Nihonbashi Police Station, in "When the Prayer Ends", he participated in the investigation of the case as a son and a criminal policeman.
A person who has real pain will better understand how to heal people, and in "New Entrants", he will always ask seemingly insignificant questions when investigating cases, which has caused many witnesses to be dissatisfied. He would bring a small gift with him when he visited each witness. His questions often make witnesses feel that their privacy is being snooped on, but Kaga helps everyone in it, and everyone finally discovers that this criminal police officer has the power to heal people's hearts.
As a criminal policeman, Kaga Kyoichiro brings not the tension of the murder case every time he appears, but the sense of healing in the lives of the citizens, whether it is love or affection, which is always touching.
Someone even said: "The keigo Higashino series of books is a reading that makes people linger in their comfort zone, and it is really refreshing to read this book after work fatigue." ”
This is the charm of Keigo Higashino and the charm of Kyoichiro Kaga.
Keigo Higashino's works are recommended
★ NewComers (2010)
It is the eighth novel in the "Kaga Kyoichiro" series.
A reasoning TV series directed by Daisuke Yamamuro, Shunichi Hirano, Yasuharu Ishii, and Han Zhe, written by Katsunari Mano and Keiyuki Makino, and starring Hiroshi Abe, Akira Kuroki, Ritsumi Mizobata, and Yuichi Kimura.
Located in Fumigakucho, near Nihonbashi in Tokyo, the famous Yomiya ware attracts tourists from all over the world and is bustling all day long. However, the appearance is calm and peaceful, but it cannot hide the killing machine.
One day, a woman was killed in her home. Kyoichiro Kaga, a newly transferred criminal police officer to Rengachi, was in charge of the case. During his investigation, he found that it appeared that the entire merchants of the town were inextricably linked to the murder. Everyone is lying for various reasons, where is the truth hidden?
★ Red Finger (2011)
It is a film of the same name based on the seventh novel in the "Kaga Kyoichiro" series.
Two years ago, Kyoichiro Kaga was a police officer at the Ryoma Police Station. At this time, his father was seriously ill and hospitalized, but Kaga never visited, and the gap between father and son was difficult to break. On this day, a murder occurred in Kaga's jurisdiction.
Unlike ordinary homicides, the emotional redemption in this case is touching, and Kyoichiro Kaga, as a criminal policeman, said: "The criminal police are not enough to solve the case. When to solve the case and how to solve the case is the most important. There are hidden truths in this home, but they should not be forced to say it in the interrogation room of the Bureau of Inspection, but they must be at home and let them say it themselves. ”
★ Wings of the Kirin New Participant Theatrical Edition (2012)
Adapted from the ninth novel in the "Kaga Kyoichiro" series.
A 2012 drama film produced by TBS Television in Japan, directed by YuyaSu Doi and co-starring Hiroshi Abe, Yui Niigaki and Akisa Kuroki.
One night, next to the Kirin statue on Nipponbashi, a man died of excessive blood loss. To the police's puzzling situation, the victim did not immediately call an ambulance when he was stabbed in the abdomen, but walked for up to 8 minutes. That same night, the key suspect was seriously injured by a truck and unconscious. Kyoichiro Kaga tries to focus on the footsteps of his victims near the Nihonbashi, and mysteries and emotional entanglements gradually surface...
★ Cyclone (2016)
Although not in the "Kyoichiro Kaga" series, Hiroshi Abe starred. The film brings to life Keigo Higashino's novel The Wind Whirling. The story is about the theft of the K55, a biological weapon from the Institute of Medicine. Abe plays a researcher who searches for buried biological weapons in the snow-capped mountains. However, compared with Abe's previous works, the reputation is slightly inferior.
★ Keigo Higashino's "Kyoichiro Kaga" series of ten novels:
1986 Graduation - Snow Moon Flower Killing Game
Sleeping Forest (1989)
1996 Who Killed Her
1996 "Malice"
1999 "I Killed Him"
Another Lie (2000)
Red Finger (2006)
2009 Newcomer
2010 Wings of the Kirin
2014 "When the Prayer Ends"