Movie
Darkness in the Light
2001 · 119 min
A sober, slow-burning procedural that traces the quiet devastation of a false accusation and the media's rush to judgment, leaving a lingering sense of injustice.
- Directed by
- Kei Kumai
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Kiichi Nakai, Akira Terao, Naomi Hosokawa
- Overview
- A middle-aged salaryman with a typical family, living quietly in a provincial city (Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture), wakes up one morning in the summer of 1994 to find himself the prime suspect in the biggest mass-murder case of the decade.
- How it feels
- Tense, melancholic, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Justice, media, corruption, guilt
- Content
- Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Kei Kumai
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Kiichi Nakai, Akira Terao, Naomi Hosokawa
