Into the White Night (2011)

Into the White Night is a Japanese movie directed by Yoshihiro Fukagawa and based on a mystery novel by Keigo Higashino which was originally serialized in the Shueisha literary magazine Shousetsu Subaru for two years from 1997.

The story was first adapted to a popular 11-episode TV drama in 2006 co-starring Haruka Ayase and Takayuki Yamada. For the film version, their characters are played by Maki Horikita and Kengo Kora.

The film was released in Japan by Gaga Communications in Japan on January 29, 2011.

Plot

As children, Yukiho (Maki Horikita) and Ryoji (Kengo Kora) each murder one of their parents to protect the other. Now young adults, they go to extreme measures to protect their mutual secret, even if it means bringing misery to those around them. Eiichiro Funakoshi plays a detective who was involved in the original case and has been closely monitoring the pair as they’ve grown up.

Movie info

Original title: 白夜行
Transliterated title: Byakuyakō
Release date: January 29, 2011

Featured Cast

Actor		Role
	Maki Horikita	Yukiho Karasawa (Nishimoto)
	Kengo Kora	Ryoji Kiriwara
	Eiichiro Funakoshi	Junzo Sasagaki
	Keiko Toda	Yaeko Kiriwara
	Tetsushi Tanaka	Isamu Matsuura
	Nobuo Kyo	Kazunari Shinozuka
	Yurie Midori	Eriko Kawashima (Tezuka)
	Kumi Nakamura	Reiko Karasawa
	Urara Awata	Noriko Kurihara
	Yuki Imai	Ryoji (10 years old)
	Shiori Fukumoto	Yukiho (10 years old)
	Yorie Yamashita	Fumiyo Nishimoto

Latest news

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