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is a 1999 Japanese courtroom drama psychological thriller film directed by Yoshimitsu Morita. It stars Shinichi Tsutsumi as an actor standing trial for a gruesome double murder. The film also stars Kyōka Suzuki, Ittoku Kishibe and Naoki Sugiura. Shochiku released Keiho on February 17, 1999, in Japan. The film was nominated for and won several major awards.

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The psychiatric evaluation of a young actor arrested for a brutal double murder concludes he may be unfit for trial. Further investigation, however, reveals the crime was a well-planned statement against the section of Japan's criminal code granting diminished responsibility to the mentally impaired.

Released: 1999-02-17133 minDir: Yoshimitsu MoritaDrama, Crime

Cast

  • Kyoka Suzuki as Kafuka Ogawa
  • Shinichi Tsutsumi as Masaki Shibata
  • Ittoku Kishibe as Inspector Nagoshi
  • Hideko Yoshida as Kafka's Mother
  • Mirai Yamamoto as Mikako Kudo
  • Masanobu Katsumura as Sunaoka

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6.9/10

236 votes

Year
1999
Runtime
133 min
Genres
Crime, Drama

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133
FilmAffinity ID
529870
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publication date
1999-01-01
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is a 1999 Japanese courtroom drama psychological thriller film directed by Yoshimitsu Morita. It stars Shinichi Tsutsumi as an actor standing trial for a gruesome double murder. The film also stars Kyōka Suzuki, Ittoku Kishibe and Naoki Sugiura. Shochiku released Keiho on February 17, 1999, in Japan. The film was nominated for and won several major awards.

==Premise== Young actor Masaki Shibata confesses to the murder of a pregnant woman and her husband. Shibata acts strangely in the aftermath, making a point of asking for the death penalty and ranting about angels and demons. The subsequent psychiatric evaluation reveals evidence of a split personality and concludes that Shibata may be unfit for trial. However, the assistant psychologist is convinced he’s faking the symptoms. A lead detective on the case also suspects that there is more to the situation than meets the eye.

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