The Wings of the Kirin
2012 film by Nobuhiro Doi
The Wings of the Kirin (Japanese: 麒麟の翼 〜劇場版・新参者〜, Hepburn: Kirin no Tsubasa: Gekijōban Shinzanmono) is a 2012 Japanese mystery crime film directed by Nobuhiro Doi.
Plot
A man's body is found under the statue of a winged kirin in the Nihombashi area of Tokyo. A suspect named Yashima has a car accident and falls unconscious while he is attempting to run away. Yashima's lover Kaori comes from Fukushima and tells detectives that he is absolutely not a criminal. Meanwhile, Detective Kyoichiro Kaga's (Hiroshi Abe) investigates and uncovers a point of contact between the dead body and Yashima. A hidden fact of the victim is revealed which even his children did not know about...
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