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The Motive

2004 · Nobuhiko Obayashi · 160 min

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Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims appear to be family, but as the investigation deepens it is discovered that one of the victims isn't related to the family.

Takehiro MurataIshikawa, Police

Ryo KaseYuji Yashiro

Toshie NegishiSatoko Sunagawa

Saki TerashimaNobuko Katakura

Takuro AtsukiTakahiro Koito

Ittoku KishibeCaretaker

Tokie HidariToshiko Takarai

Kyusaku Shimada

Shin'ya OhwadaYoshio Sato

Takahito HosoyamadaYasutaka Takarai

Toru MinegishiKatsuyuki Akiyoshi

Masami HisamotoMieko Kasai

BengalMutsuo Takarai

Cast

Takehiro MurataIshikawa, Police

Ryo KaseYuji Yashiro

Toshie NegishiSatoko Sunagawa

Saki TerashimaNobuko Katakura

Takuro AtsukiTakahiro Koito

Ittoku KishibeCaretaker

Tokie HidariToshiko Takarai

Kyusaku Shimada

Shin'ya OhwadaYoshio Sato

Takahito HosoyamadaYasutaka Takarai

Toru MinegishiKatsuyuki Akiyoshi

Masami HisamotoMieko Kasai

BengalMutsuo Takarai

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