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The Swan and the Bat
Overview
A kind-hearted lawyer is found stabbed to death. One man emerges as the prime suspect. With his confession the case should have been solved. But the suspect's son, Kuraki Kazuma and the victim's daughter, Shiraishi Mirei, both sense that something about their fathers' words and actions doesn't add up. When the suspect's son and the victim's daughter join forces, the very notion of the truth begins to unravel.
Director and cast
- Yoshiyuki Kishi Director
- Hokuto Matsumura as Kuraki Kazuma
- Mio Imada as Shiraishi Mirei
- Tasuku Emoto as Godai Tsutomu
- Tomokazu Miura as Kuraki Tatsuro
- Kou Maehara as Nakamachi
- Shikan Nakamura VIII as Shiraishi Kensuke
- Haruka Igawa as Asaba Orie
- Yoh Yoshida as Shiraishi Ayako
- Jun Fubuki as Asaba Yoko
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