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SIGNAL: The Movie – Cold Case Investigation Unit

SIGNAL: The Movie – Cold Case Investigation Unit

20216.12h 2m

Overview

The story continues from the Japanese SIGNAL drama series. In 2021, a limousine taxi driver causes an accident on a highway, and a high-level government official dies in the accident. The cold case investigation unit, including Kento Saegusa and team leader Misaki Sakurai, have doubts about the case. Meanwhile, in 2009, administrative officers die consecutively in car accidents. The police announce these deaths as accidents. Takeshi Ōyama believes that these deaths were not the product of simple accidents. At 11:23 pm, a walkie-talkie turns on and makes a connection between the future and past. Kento Saegusa and Takeshi Ōyama face the threat of bioterrorism.

Directed by Hajime Hashimoto
Written by Kim Eun-hee, Kosuke Nishi, Hiroshi Hayashi
Produced by Takashi Hagiwara, Ichiryu Obara, Ishida Mai
Box Office0Revenue: $7.4M

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Top Cast

Kentaro Sakaguchi

Kentaro Sakaguchi

Kento Saegusa

Kazuki Kitamura

Kazuki Kitamura

Takeshi Ōyama

Michiko Kichise

Michiko Kichise

Misaki Sakurai

Yuichi Kimura

Yuichi Kimura

Tsutomu Yamada

Tetsuhiro Ikeda

Tetsuhiro Ikeda

Shinya Kojima

Kaede Aono

Kaede Aono

Rika Anzai

Tsuyoshi Ihara

Tsuyoshi Ihara

Junki Aoki

Tetsushi Tanaka

Tetsushi Tanaka

Satoshi Yamasaki

Tetta Sugimoto

Tetta Sugimoto

Munehisa Mitani

Takeshi Kaga

Takeshi Kaga

Shinjiro Itagaki

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Themes & Keywords

changing the past or futurebased on tv series

About SIGNAL: The Movie – Cold Case Investigation Unit

SIGNAL: The Movie – Cold Case Investigation Unit is a mystery, crime film released in 2021 exploring themes of changing the past or future, based on tv series. Directed by Hajime Hashimoto, it stars Kentaro Sakaguchi, Kazuki Kitamura, Michiko Kichise. The story continues from the Japanese SIGNAL drama series. In 2021, a limousine taxi driver causes an accident on a highway, and a high-level government official dies in the accident. The cold case investigation unit, including Kento Saegusa and team leader Misaki Sakurai, have doubts about the case. Meanwhile, in 2009, administrative officers die consecutively in car accidents. The police announce these deaths as accidents. Takeshi Ōyama believes that these deaths were not the product of simple accidents. At 11:23 pm, a walkie-talkie turns on and makes a connection between the future and past. Kento Saegusa and Takeshi Ōyama face the threat of bioterrorism.

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