Unemployed, homeless, and now playing chess with the actual devil? Peak 2009 recession core.
The main character is a man named Takashi Morioka, who has lost his job and his home due to a recession. He ends up falling into a trap set by the diabolical Yuki Michio, who happened to survive by chance an incident on an island 16 years ago where all the inhabitants were killed, and which caused him to become evil. In order to protect the things important to him, Takashi Morioka (Sato Takeru) is forced to stain his hands in evil.
Acting
Takeru Satoh's descent from everyman to monster
Direction
Iwamoto's claustrophobic pressure-cooker staging
Director
Hitoshi Iwamoto
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a manga by the same creator behind 'Monster' — explains the clinical fascination with moral rot.
Released during Japan's 'Lost Decade' aftermath; the economic anxiety isn't backdrop, it's the actual villain.
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