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Every Trick In The Book

Every Trick In The Book

20217.31h 59m

Overview

Shinichi Tsuda, a Naoki Prize winning author, is working to publish his newest story. It revolves around Tsuyama, a driver for a call girl business in Toyama Prefecture, who comes across a mysterious counterfeit bill and has his life targeted by underworld kingpin Kurata. Is his story fact or fiction? His editor, Nahomi Torikai, decides to verify whether his latest work is mere fiction based on real-life experiences. She looks into a family that vanished, a post office worker who went missing, a shady load of cash, the whereabouts of the doves, and the fateful encounter from that night... A series of shocking facts are revealed from Tsuda’s stories. Why did the counterfeit money end up in Tsuda’s hands? What is the “ending” that Tsuda wished to portray?

Directed by Hideta Takahata
Written by Shogo Sato, Hideta Takahata, Kiyomi Fujii
Produced by Naoto Asaoka
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Top Cast

Tatsuya Fujiwara

Tatsuya Fujiwara

Shinichi Tsuda

Tao Tsuchiya

Tao Tsuchiya

Nahomi Torikai

Shunsuke Kazama

Shunsuke Kazama

Hideyoshi Kochi

Nanase Nishino

Nanase Nishino

Numoto

Aimi Satsukawa

Aimi Satsukawa

Yuki Sakurai

Yuki Sakurai

Hayato Kakizawa

Hayato Kakizawa

Taro Suruga

Taro Suruga

Kenta Hamano

Kenta Hamano

Ryo Iwamatsu

Ryo Iwamatsu

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookreality vs fictionnovelistcounterfeit moneymissing familycrime thrillerpast trauma

About Every Trick In The Book

Every Trick In The Book is a drama, mystery film released in 2021 exploring themes of based on novel or book, reality vs fiction, novelist, counterfeit money, missing family, crime thriller. Directed by Hideta Takahata, it stars Tatsuya Fujiwara, Tao Tsuchiya, Shunsuke Kazama. Shinichi Tsuda, a Naoki Prize winning author, is working to publish his newest story. It revolves around Tsuyama, a driver for a call girl business in Toyama Prefecture, who comes across a mysterious counterfeit bill and has his life targeted by underworld kingpin Kurata. Is his story fact or fiction? His editor, Nahomi Torikai, decides to verify whether his latest work is mere fiction based on real-life experiences. She looks into a family that vanished, a post office worker who went missing, a shady load of cash, the whereabouts of the doves, and the fateful encounter from that night... A series of shocking facts are revealed from Tsuda’s stories. Why did the counterfeit money end up in Tsuda’s hands? What is the “ending” that Tsuda wished to portray?

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