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The Snow White Murder Case

2014 · 126 min

A chilly, talky puzzle that keeps shifting what you believe as gossip and TV cameras reshape the truth.

Directed by
Yoshihiro Nakamura
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Starring
Mao Inoue, Go Ayano, Misako Renbutsu
Overview
A beautiful cosmetics company employee is found dead in a gruesome state. What's more, it becomes apparent that one of the victim's colleagues, a homely woman named Miki, has gone missing. Television director Akaboshi attempts to interview as many of Miki's friends and acquaintances as he can find, eliciting miscellaneous information from them.

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Directed by
Yoshihiro Nakamura
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Starring
Mao Inoue, Go Ayano, Misako Renbutsu
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • media
  • deception
  • obsession
  • identity
  • crime
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action2
Horror3
Humour3
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, mystery, thriller
Directed by
Yoshihiro Nakamura
Written by
Tamio Hayashi
Starring
Mao Inoue, Go Ayano, Misako Renbutsu, Nanao, Shihori Kanjiya, Erena Ono, Mitsuki Tanimura, Katsuhisa Namase
Music
Goro Yasukawa
Cinematography
Gen Kobayashi
Runtime
126 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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