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Laplace's Witch

Laplace's Witch

20186.31h 55m

Overview

An environmental analyst is asked by the police to determine if two deaths by hydrogen sulfide poisoning are an accident - or a murder. But when he meets a young woman at both sites, a scientific mystery begins.

Directed by Takashi Miike
Written by Hiroyuki Yatsu, Keigo Higashino
Produced by Shigeji Maeda, Misako Saka, Shinnosuke Usui
Box Office0Revenue: $11.0M

Top Cast

Sho Sakurai

Sho Sakurai

Shusuke Aoe

Suzu Hirose

Suzu Hirose

Madoka Uhara

Sota Fukushi

Sota Fukushi

Kento Amakasu

Tao Okamoto

Tao Okamoto

Rei Kirimiya

Lily Franky

Lily Franky

Zentaro Uhara

Mirai Shida

Mirai Shida

Tetsu Okunishi

Hiroshi Tamaki

Hiroshi Tamaki

Yuji Nakaoka

Eriko Sato

Eriko Sato

Chisato Mizuki

Etsushi Toyokawa

Etsushi Toyokawa

Saisei Amakasu

Masanobu Takashima

Masanobu Takashima

Toru Takeo

Themes & Keywords

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About Laplace's Witch

Laplace's Witch is a mystery, crime, science fiction film released in 2018 exploring themes of based on novel or book, incident, mysterious death, onsen, mystery. Directed by Takashi Miike, it stars Sho Sakurai, Suzu Hirose, Sota Fukushi. An environmental analyst is asked by the police to determine if two deaths by hydrogen sulfide poisoning are an accident - or a murder. But when he meets a young woman at both sites, a scientific mystery begins.

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