The Code (2008)

The Code is the third film of the Detective Office 5 series. The film was the first feature directed by Kaizo Hayashi in 11 years. It premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival on October 18, 2008 and was released domestically by Nikkatsu in Japan on May 9, 2009.

Movie info

Original title: ザ・コード暗号
Transliterated title: Za Kōdo - Angō
Release date: October 18, 2008

Region 2 NTSC DVD (English subtitles)
Label: Happinet (Japan)
Out: Dec 11, 2009
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Plot

For 60 years, a group of elite detectives known as “Detective Office 5” based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa prefecture have been solving some of the most difficult cases in the world. Their current leader, a genius code-breaker dubbed Detective 507 (Kikunosuke Onoe), is enlisted to crack an incredibly difficult computer code in Shanghai. While there, he crosses paths with a mafia kingpin, an assassin, and a beautiful singer on the run. 507 encounters trouble every step of the way during his mission, but he won’t give up until his job is done.

Featured Cast

Actor		Role
	Kikunosuke Onoe	Detective 507
	Izumi Inamori	Milan
	Shunsuke Matsuoka
	Yosuke Saito	Detective 523
	Ryushin Tei	Xiao Long
	Jo Shishido	Detective 500
	Hiroki Matsukata	Jiro Shiina
	Shiro Sano	Detective 501
	Shuji Kashiwabara	Detective 511
	Hiroyuki Miyasako	Detective 522
	Maki Sakai	Detective 577
	Hiroki Narimiya	Detective 591
	Shihori Kanjiya	Hitomi Shishido
	Toshiki Ayata
	Bengal
	Hayato Fujiki	Detective 515
	Mitsuru Fukikoshi	Detective 575
	Kenta Harada	Detective 569
	Noriko Hikasa
	Yukijiro Hotaru
	Narushi Ikeda
	Hiroyuki Ikeuchi	Detective 553
	Renji Ishibashi	Detective 511
	Yoshinobu Kanai	Detective 558
	Taisihu Kase	Detective 529
	Mitsuki Koga	Detective 555
	Yoshimasa Kondo	Detective 513
	Akira Kubo
	Shunsuke Kubozuka	Detective 590
	Terumi Kushiyama	Tsubaki
	Motomi Makiguchi
	Ken Mitsuishi
	Seiroku Nakazawa	Detective 508
	Yuna Natsuo	Detective 532
	Erika Okuda
	Arata Saeki	Detective 576
	Kyusaku Shimada
	Yukari Shiomi
	Kai Shishido
	Shogo
	Ryoji Suzuki	Detective 542
	Shiraku Tatekawa
	Kanji Tsuda	Detective 520
	Tsugumi	Client
	Ayumi Uehara	Detective 517
	Kazushi Watanabe	Usagi
	Kenichi Yajima	Joe the Locksmith
	Shinji Yamashita	Detective 539
	Yourei Yanagi
	Tomoko Yano
	Hiroshi Oguchi