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Galileo: Forbidden Sorcery

2022 · 106 min

A cerebral, quietly gripping puzzle that rewards close attention as a professor and detective piece together an odd murder.

Directed by: Toshiyuki Mihashi
Genres: Tv movie, Mystery, Crime
Starring: Masaharu Fukuyama, Kazuki Kitamura, Yuko Araki

Overview: Four years before Silent Parade (2022), Yukawa and Kusanagi investigate the murder of a writer after a video found in his possession piques Yukawa's interest.

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Directed by: Toshiyuki Mihashi
Genres: Tv movie, Mystery, Crime
Starring: Masaharu Fukuyama, Kazuki Kitamura, Yuko Araki

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: mystery
deception
obsession
justice
death
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
serialised
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	3
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	5
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: tv movie, mystery, crime
Directed by: Toshiyuki Mihashi
Written by: Michitaka Okada
Starring: Masaharu Fukuyama, Kazuki Kitamura, Yuko Araki, Ikkei Watanabe, Yu Sawabe, Nijiro Murakami, Nana Mori, Kosuke Suzuki
Music: Yugo Kanno, Masaharu Fukuyama
Runtime: 106 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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