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Suspect X
Suspect X
DVD cover (Hong Kong release)
Directed by Hiroshi Nishitani
Screenplay by Yasushi Fukuda
Based on The Devotion of Suspect
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by Keigo Higashino
Starring Masaharu Fukuyama
Kou Shibasaki
Shinichi Tsutsumi
Yasuko Matsuyuki
Music by Yugo Kanno
Masaharu Fukuyama
Distributed by Toho
Release date(s) October4,2008
Running time 128 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Box office
$54,826,455
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Suspect X ( X Ygisha Ekkusu no KenshinHelp:Installing Japanese character sets) is a 2008
Japanese mystery-thriller film based on the novel, The Devotion of Suspect X, directed by Hiroshi Nishitani. The film
was a continuation of the popular Japanese serial drama Galileo and included the same cast. It topped Japan's box
office for four consecutive weeks and was the third-highest grossing Japanese movie in 2008. The soundtrack was
released on October 1, 2008.
Plot
A murder has occurred and the police are unable to find loopholes in the alibi of the main suspect, thus creating
obstacles in the investigation.
Yasuko Hanaoka (Yasuko Matsuyuki) is a divorced, single mother who owns a restaurant. Tetsuya Ishigami
(Shinichi Tsutsumi) is a reclusive, but brilliant mathematics teacher, who lives next door of Yasuko and Misato
(Yasuko's daughter). Ishigami is solemn and introverted, and his morning exchanges with Yasuko from whose
restaurant he buys lunch, is the brightest part of his day. When Togashi (Yasuko's abusive ex-husband) shows up one
night to extort money from Yasuko, threatening both her and her teenaged daughter Misato, the situation quickly
escalates into violence and Togashi is killed by mother and daughter on the apartment floor. Overhearing the
commotion from his room and deducing that Togashi has been killed, Ishigami offers his help to the mother and
daughter. He not only disposes the body, but also plots the cover-up step-by-step.
When the body turns up and is identified, Yasuko comes under suspicion. Detective Kaoru Utsumi (K Shibasaki)
and her superior Detective Shunpei Kusanagi seeks the help of Professor Manabu Yukawa (Masaharu Fukuyama),
who seeing the case has nothing to do with physics, initially refuses to help. However, hearing that his genius
classmate, Ishigami is the neighbour of the suspect, Yukawa changes his mind. After a happy reunion with Ishigami,
for whom he has high admiration, he begins to doubt whether Ishigami had something to do with the murder, and
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decides to investigate the case on his own. What ensues is a high level battle of wits, as Ishigami tries to protect
Yasuko by outmaneuvering and outthinking Yukawa, who faces his most clever and determined opponent yet.
Yukawa finally succeeds in cracking the case only to reveal a sad and shocking truth, that will do no good to all
parties, save the police. Despite having a reputation of being detached when solving cases, Yukawa is distraught by
the outcome this time.
Cast
Shinichi Tsutsumi as Tetsuya Ishigami
Masaharu Fukuyama as Manabu Yukawa
Yasuko Matsuyuki as Yasuko Hanaoka
Miho Kanazawa as Misato Hanaoka
K Shibasaki as Kaoru Utsumi
Kazuki Kitamura as Shunpei Kusanagi
Keishi Nagatsuka as Shinji Togashi
Reception
The film is not well known to the rest of the world, although it attracted much attention in Japan. It is not reviewed
by any prominent English websites, but it was generally well received by both the audiences and the critics in the
countries in which it has been shown. The film was very successful in Japan grossing $52,323,944 and becoming the
6th highest grossing film of 2008.
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A Malayalam movie Drishyam made with similar story and viewers see
similarities. But the director denied being influenced by the movie
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References
[1] http:/ / boxofficemojo.com/ movies/ intl/ ?page=& id=_fYGISHAXNOKENSHI01
[2] http:/ / ec2-50-16-96-42. compute-1.amazonaws.com/ intl/ japan/ yearly/ ?yr=2008& sort=& order=DESC& p=. htm
[3] https:/ / en. wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Drishyam
External links
Ygisha X no kenshin (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt1160629/ ) at the Internet Movie Database
Article Sources and Contributors
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