The Woman Who Took the Local Paper (2016)
Original title: 地方紙を買う女
The Woman Who Took the Local Paper is a 2016 Japanese-language mystery movie directed by Meiji Fujita, with a running time of 1h 48m. It stars Masakazu Tamura, Hirosue Ryoko and Asami Mizukawa.
A man and a woman committed double suicide in Kanazawa City. Immediately after the incident, Yoshiko Shiota, a woman living in Tokyo, contacts the local newspaper of Kanazawa, saying she wants to read the novel serialized in it by Ryuji Sugimoto. How did this woman know the novel is serialized in the newspaper? And why does she want to start reading it in the middle of the story? Which article was she actually interested in? Sugimoto cannot help making his own investigations about Yoshiko, but the more he searches, the more astonishing facts come to light...
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What is The Woman Who Took the Local Paper about?
A man and a woman committed double suicide in Kanazawa City. Immediately after the incident, Yoshiko Shiota, a woman living in Tokyo, contacts the local newspaper of Kanazawa, saying she wants to read the novel serialized in it by Ryuji Sugimoto. How did this woman know the novel is serialized in the newspaper? And why does she want to start reading it in the middle of the story? Which article was she actually interested in? Sugimoto cannot help making his own investigations about Yoshiko, but the more he searches, the more astonishing facts come to light...
When was The Woman Who Took the Local Paper released?
The Woman Who Took the Local Paper was released on 12 March 2016.
How long is The Woman Who Took the Local Paper?
The Woman Who Took the Local Paper runs 1h 48m.
Who made The Woman Who Took the Local Paper?
The Woman Who Took the Local Paper was directed by Meiji Fujita.