The Motive (2004)
Original title: 理由
The Motive is a 2004 Japanese-language crime movie directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, with a running time of 2h 40m. It stars Takehiro Murata, Ryo Kase and Toshie Negishi.
Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims appear to be family, but as the investigation deepens it is discovered that one of the victims isn't related to the family.
Cast
- Takehiro Murata as Ishikawa, Police
- Ryo Kase as Yuji Yashiro
- Toshie Negishi as Satoko Sunagawa
- Saki Terashima as Nobuko Katakura
- Takuro Atsuki as Takahiro Koito
- Wakaba Irie
- Ittoku Kishibe as Caretaker
- Tokie Hidari as Toshiko Takarai
- Kyusaku Shimada
- Shin'ya Ohwada as Yoshio Sato
- Takahito Hosoyamada as Yasutaka Takarai
- Toru Minegishi as Katsuyuki Akiyoshi