Crime films, as a type of movie genre, make people love and hate at the same time! Japan has a rating system, and often releases a restricted series of crime films, which are full of violence, eroticism, and corruption, which is shocking! Let's take a look at the top 10 Japanese crime masterpieces!
10. "Confession"
This film tells the story of one day Yuko Moriguchi discovers that her beloved daughter has been killed in the school swimming pool. Although the incident was determined to be an accidental death, Moriguchi announced to the students that the prisoner was in the class and set out to take revenge. Takako Matsu's performance is wonderful and has a warning significance for juvenile delinquency!
9. "The Devotion of Suspect X"
Based on the novel of the same name by Japanese mystery writer Keigo Higashino, the suspense film in which physics professor Tang Chuan and math teacher Shi Hong reunite many years later because of a murder case involving Shi Hong's neighbor Chen Jing, and are later forced to stand on opposite sides.
8. "The Battle of No Benevolence"
Based on the prison notes of the leader of the Yamamura Group (changed to the Yamamori Group in the play), it tells the history of the 30-year struggle of the Hiroshima yakuza after the war. The Japanese way of interpreting violence is cold and direct, without any righteousness and twisted feelings between men and women, and it is so tough that it is like a sharp knife poking into the skin, waiting for the blood to flow.
7. "Fireworks"
The film tells the story of the embattled life of a policeman, and the brilliance of his life, although short-lived, has also been brilliant, and won the Venice Golden Lion. The violence of this film is the violence that erupts when the characters and things you love are harmed, so that the audience can accept it.
6. "When the Prayer Ends"
Based on the novel by Keigo Higashino, it tells the story of Kyoichiro Kaga, a criminal police officer, who discovers the truth about his mother while investigating the murder of a woman. What is to be accused behind the case is actually the absence of family affection and social collapse, which makes human nature helplessly distorted. The performances of Kana Abe and Nanako Matsushima are like a tiger with wings!
5. "Cicada on the Eighth Day"
Based on the novel of the same name written by Mitsuyo Tsunoda, Kiwako stole her lover's baby because she had no children, and in the years before the police arrested her, she took care of the child with all her heart and gave her maternal love.
4. "Pursuit"
The film tells the story of the prosecutor Du Qiu, who is an upright person, but was inexplicably falsely accused of robbery and rape, in order to clear his grievances, Du Qiu avoided the pursuit of the police while insisting on tracking down the truth of his false accusation. The plot is twisty, suspenseful, and extremely rhythmic and engaging.
3. "Human Witness"
Adapted from the work of Japanese social mystery writer Seiichi Morimura, "Proof of Human Nature", it tells the sad and touching story between the heroine Kyoko Yasugi and her black son Jonny. The plot is full of ups and downs, showing the human nature distorted by society, and exposing the darkness and decay of the upper class of Japanese society.
2. "Heaven's Station"
Adapted from the "Japan Pavilion Murder Incident" in the 60s of the last century, director Masanbu Izume restores the tragic roots of the island version of Pan Jinlian through a unique perspective, and successfully explores war, life and death, crime, lust, and human nature! Sayuri Yoshinaga dedicated an ecstasy performance, which can be described as a poignant movie "masterpiece"!
1. "Rashomon"
Winner of the Venice Golden Lion, the film is a clever adaptation of the plot of Ryunosuke Akutagawa's novel, using a unique approach to multiple parallel narratives to tell the story of death in the jungle. By telling about death, it shows director Akira Kurosawa's understanding of the human soul, giving it a deeper philosophical connotation than death itself!