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The Wings of the Kirin

The Wings of the Kirin

20126.32h 9m

Overview

A man's body is found under the statue of a winged kirin in the Nihombashi area of Tokyo. A suspect named Yashima has a car accident and falls unconscious while he is attempting to run away. Yashima's lover Kaori comes from Fukushima and tells detectives that he is absolutely not a criminal. Meanwhile, Detective Kyoichiro Kaga's (Hiroshi Abe) investigates and uncovers a point of contact between the dead body and Yashima. A hidden fact of the victim is revealed which even his children did not know about...

Directed by Nobuhiro Doi
Written by Takeharu Sakurai, Keigo Higashino
Produced by Jun'ichi Shindô
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Top Cast

Hiroshi Abe

Hiroshi Abe

Kyoichirou Kaga

Yui Aragaki

Yui Aragaki

Kaori Nakahara

Meisa Kuroki

Meisa Kuroki

Ami aoyama

Junpei Mizobata

Junpei Mizobata

Syuhei Matsumiya

Kiichi Nakai

Kiichi Nakai

Takeaki Aoyagi

Tori Matsuzaka

Tori Matsuzaka

Yuto Aoyagi

Rena Tanaka

Rena Tanaka

Tokiko Kanamori

Masaki Suda

Masaki Suda

Tomoyuki Yoshinaga

Kento Yamazaki

Kento Yamazaki

Tatsuya Sugino

Tokio Emoto

Tokio Emoto

Shyogo Yokota

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or book

About The Wings of the Kirin

The Wings of the Kirin is a drama, crime, mystery, tv movie film released in 2012 exploring themes of based on novel or book. Directed by Nobuhiro Doi, it stars Hiroshi Abe, Yui Aragaki, Meisa Kuroki. A man's body is found under the statue of a winged kirin in the Nihombashi area of Tokyo. A suspect named Yashima has a car accident and falls unconscious while he is attempting to run away. Yashima's lover Kaori comes from Fukushima and tells detectives that he is absolutely not a criminal. Meanwhile, Detective Kyoichiro Kaga's (Hiroshi Abe) investigates and uncovers a point of contact between the dead body and Yashima. A hidden fact of the victim is revealed which even his children did not know about...

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