Movie

64: Part 1

2016 · 121 min

A slow-burning, somber police procedural that immerses you in bureaucratic tension and quiet personal anguish.

Overview: 1989: 64th and last year of the Showa era. A girl is kidnapped and killed. The unsolved case is called Case 64 ('rokuyon'). 2002: Yoshinobu Mikami, who was the detective in charge of the Case 64, moves as a Public Relations Officer in the Police Affairs Department. His relation with the reporters is conflicted and his own daughter is missing. The statute of limitations for the Case 64 will expire in one year. Then a kidnapping case, similar to the Case 64, takes place. The rift between the criminal investigation department and police administration department deepens. Mikami challenges the case as a public relations secretary.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Guilt, obsession, family, corruption
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
Note: Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Add to a list: 64: Part 1

In the USNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.

In your watch list

In this series

64 Collection

Like 64: Part 1, but

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown

Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 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: guilt
obsession
family
corruption
justice
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none