Directed by:
Sayaka KaiScreenplay:
Sayaka KaiCinematography:
Fūta TakagiCast:
Masatoshi Nagase, Nahana, 井浦新, Yui Natsukawa, 佐藤浩市, 吉澤健, Nagatoshi Sakamoto, 眞島秀和, Chiharu Konno, イモトアヤコ, Ruka WakabayashiPlots(1)
In a snowy coastal town in northern Japan, a persistent journalist (Arata Iura) reopens a decades-old unsolved case involving the disappearance of a young boy, a mysterious fire and a local outcast largely suspected of wrongdoing who was nevertheless found not guilty. When the victim’s brother (Masatoshi Nagase) and the primary suspect’s troubled daughter (Nahana) get involved, a maelstrom of long-repressed emotions and psychological traumas are reawakened. Written and directed by newcomer Sayaka Kai with a veteran cast, Red Snow is a tense and beautifully-shot mystery thriller that suggests the unreliability of memory in the pursuit of truth. (Japan Cuts)
(more)Cast
Masatoshi Nagase
Japan
Best movies:
The Hidden Blade (2004)
Sweet Red Bean Paste (2015)
Mystery Train (1989)
Nahana
Japan
井浦新
Japan
Best movies:
Like Father, Like Son (2013)
True Mothers (2020)
Ping Pong (2002)
Yui Natsukawa
Japan
Best movies:
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
Still Walking (2008)
Tokyo Family (2013)
佐藤浩市
Japan
Best movies:
Antarctica (1983)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
The Floating Castle (2012)
吉澤健
Japan
Best movies:
Violent Cop (1989)
Orgasm of Angels (1972)
Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen (2015)
Nagatoshi Sakamoto
Japan
Best movies:
Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)
Flower and Snake (1974)
Wife to Be Sacrificed (1974)
眞島秀和
Japan
Best movies:
The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker (2007)
A Stranger of Mine (2005)
Swing Girls (2004)
Chiharu Konno
Best movies:
Her Granddaughter (2015)
イモトアヤコ
Japan
Ruka Wakabayashi
Japan
Best movies:
Her Granddaughter (2015)
100 Yen Love (2014)
Samurai Marathon (2019)