Movie

Keiho

1999 · 133 min

A cerebral, unsettling plunge into a murder trial where sanity itself is on trial, demanding close attention.

Overview: 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.
How it feels: Dark, tense, eerie and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Justice, madness, deception, morality
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: justice
madness
deception
morality
guilt
Places: big city
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild