Film

The Serialist

2013 · 1h 55m · Mystery

IMDb

5.9

Ippei Akabane (Takaya Kamikawa) is an unpopular novelist. He barely makes ends meet writing serials novels under different pen names. Daigo Kurei (Shinji Takeda) is on death row. He killed four women twelve years ago. During his murdering spree, he sent pictures of his decapitated victims with flower decoration to the police. The murders and photos caused widespread panic in Japan. One day, Ippei is contacted by Daigo from prison. He asks Ippei if he wants to interview him and write his memoirs. Soon, more women are killed in the same grisly manner as the serial murders from twelve years ago. Now, Ippei becomes the prime suspect of the police and Ippei must quickly find the real murderer. Based on the novel "The Serialist" by David Gordon (published by Simon & Schuster; Original edition on March 9, 2010).

Shinji Takeda

Daigo Kurei

Takaya Kamikawa

Ippei Akabane

Nana Katase

Chinatsu Hasegawa

Aya Hirayama

Rina Koike

Tomoka Kurotani

Chikako Kaku

Denden

Kazushige Nagashima

Keiko Toda

Katsuo Nakamura

Sumie Sasaki

Hirotaro Honda

Masatô Ibu

Keiko Takahashi

Mami Abe

• Nobuaki IzakiDirector
• KURYU KazumaProducer

Release date

June 15, 2013

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 55m

Genres

Mystery