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Ataru: The First Love & The Last Kill

Ataru: The First Love & The Last Kill

20136.02h 0m

Overview

Ataru, who suffers from “savant syndrome,” has the power to discover, observe, see through, and deduct microscopic evidence of unsolved cases. Why does he always go to the criminal sites? What explains his strange behavior? Meanwhile, a mystery unfolds with Ataru and a woman named Madoka, who is a killer. The woman possesses the same extraordinary memory and deductive reasoning abilities as Ataru. Who is she?

Directed by Hisashi Kimura
Written by Takeharu Sakurai
Produced by Nobuhiro Azuma
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Top Cast

Masahiro Nakai

Masahiro Nakai

Ataru

Kazuki Kitamura

Kazuki Kitamura

Shunichi Sawa

Chiaki Kuriyama

Chiaki Kuriyama

Maiko Ebina

Yuta Tamamori

Yuta Tamamori

Sho Ebina

Maki Horikita

Maki Horikita

Madoka

Yasuko Matsuyuki

Yasuko Matsuyuki

Aio Hoshi

Hiroaki Murakami

Hiroaki Murakami

Larry Inoue

Masaki Okada

Masaki Okada

Tasuku Inoguchi

Masachika Ichimura

Masachika Ichimura

Makoto Inoguchi

Kyūsaku Shimada

Kyūsaku Shimada

Yoji Nakatsugawa

Themes & Keywords

detectivelos angeles, californialas vegas

About Ataru: The First Love & The Last Kill

Ataru: The First Love & The Last Kill is a crime, mystery, drama film released in 2013 exploring themes of detective, los angeles, california, las vegas. Directed by Hisashi Kimura, it stars Masahiro Nakai, Kazuki Kitamura, Chiaki Kuriyama. Ataru, who suffers from “savant syndrome,” has the power to discover, observe, see through, and deduct microscopic evidence of unsolved cases. Why does he always go to the criminal sites? What explains his strange behavior? Meanwhile, a mystery unfolds with Ataru and a woman named Madoka, who is a killer. The woman possesses the same extraordinary memory and deductive reasoning abilities as Ataru. Who is she?

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