Directed by:
Nobuhiko ŌbayashiCinematography:
Yûdai KatôCast:
Jun Fubuki, Ayumi Itō, Aoi Miyazaki, Akira Emoto, Renji Ishibashi, Ittoku Kishibe, Masami Hisamoto, Mai Hoshō, Rinko Kikuchi, Ryō Kase, Masaru Miyazaki (more)Plots(1)
A storm rages over Tokyo. Meanwhile, inside a high-rise apartment block, the bodies of four people are discovered – apparently the victims of a brutal crime. At first, the victims are all thought to be members of one family, but then it transpires that they were not related to each other at all. Investigations run aground. Who were the victims? Who was responsible for – it has to be said – having slaughtered them in such a way? And why on earth were the murders committed? What could possibly have been the motive? Innocuous citizens who do not normally have anything to do with such horrific crimes are dragged onto the case. And the more testimonies that are collated, the closer the case moves towards a surprising conclusion. The book on which this film is based is thought to be Japanese novelist Miyuki Miyabe's best work. Miyabe is as popular a writer in Japan as Stephen King is in the west. "Riyuu" has been constructed as a docudrama: the facts come to light during the protagonists' interrogations. Nobuhiko Obayashi uses these hearings as the basis of his film, which does not have a main character; instead, more than one hundred people provide the narrative drive for this suspenseful murder mystery. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
![Akaji Maro](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/571/166571185_af8d96.jpg)
Akaji Maro
Japan
Best movies:
Kikujiro (1999)
Awaking (2006)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
![柳沢慎吾](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/113/161113135_4a2673.png)
柳沢慎吾
Japan
Best movies:
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981)
Heroine Disqualified (2015)
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla (2002)
左時枝
Japan
Best movies:
Our Mother (2008)
Love Letter (1995)
Love and Honor (2006)
島崎和歌子
Japan
![根岸季衣](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/764/168764514_411zhn.jpg)
根岸季衣
Japan
Best movies:
When Marnie Was There (2014)
Switching - Goodbye Me (2007)
Bunny Drop (2011)
![Nae Tazawa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/363/162363150_866f93.jpg)
Nae Tazawa
Japan
Best movies:
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
Dr. Akagi (1998)
Inland Empire (2006)
Tatsuo Yamada
Japan
Best movies:
Departures (2008)
When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003)
Japan Sinks (2006)
Yôko Minamida
Japan
Best movies:
A Story from Chikamatsu (1954)
The Sun Legend of the End of the Tokugawa Era (1957)
Pigs and Battleships (1961)
Saki Terashima
Japan
Best movies:
Switching - Goodbye Me (2007)
Tôru Minegishi
Japan
Best movies:
Departures (2008)
Last Samurai (1974)
The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
Takahito Hosoyamada
Japan
Best movies:
Switching - Goodbye Me (2007)
All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle (2000)
Danshi Tatekawa
Japan
Yôji Matsuda
Japan
Best movies:
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Our Mother (2008)
Yuri Nakae
Japan
Katsuya Koiso
Japan
Best movies:
A Scene at the Sea (1991)
大久保運
Japan
Best movies:
Dolls (2002)
All Around Us (2008)
Library Wars (2013)