The Witness Killed

Japanese neo-noir crime drama movie directed by Jun Fukuda

Cast

Tatsuya Mihashi

as Jiro

Yuriko Hoshi

as Yoko

Makoto Satō

Kumi Mizuno

as Natsumi

Jun Tazaki

as Ichiro

Naoya Kusakawa

as Minami

Tadao Nakamaru

as Shiroi

Masaya Nihei

Kazuo Suzuki

as Morii

Takashi Inagaki

as Hasegawa

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