The Brain Man
The Brain Man

Movie·2013·2h 3m

The Brain Man

Directed By

Tomoyuki Takimoto

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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The Story

Original title: 脳男

A seemingly random series of bombings in a provincial city. The latest target is a public bus route. Detective Chaya chased terrorists and arrested a mysterious man with keen intelligence and physical power. The psychologist in charge of evaluating him is Dr. Mariko. After the psychiatric examination, she puts toward a hypothesis – “Is it possible he was born without emotions?”

Written By

Izuru Narushima, Katsuhiko Manabe

Producer

Hirohisa Mukuju, Seiji Okuda

Cinematography

Toyomichi Kurita

Editor

Nobuyuki Takahashi

Themes

based on novel or bookneurosurgeonpsychologicalgirls' love (gl)dark fictionviolence

Production House

Nikkatsu Corporation
Kodansha
J Storm
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
VAP

Audience Score

62%

50 votes

Skip13%
Timepass30%
Go for it37%
Perfection20%

Where to watch

Region: JP

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Cast

Toma Ikuta

Toma Ikuta

Ichiro Suzuki

Yasuko Matsuyuki

Yasuko Matsuyuki

Doctor Mariko Washiya

Yosuke Eguchi

Yosuke Eguchi

Cop

Fumi Nikaido

Fumi Nikaido

Noriko

Kensuke Owada

Kensuke Owada

Hirono

Ken Mitsuishi

Ken Mitsuishi

Kuroda

Masahiro Komoto

Masahiro Komoto

Yukiyoshi Ozawa

Yukiyoshi Ozawa

Renji Ishibashi

Renji Ishibashi

Isao Natsuyagi

Isao Natsuyagi

Rina Ohta

Rina Ohta

Yuria

Shota Sometani

Shota Sometani

Shimura

Hako Yamasaki

Hako Yamasaki

Shimura's mother

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Crew

Tomoyuki Takimoto

Tomoyuki Takimoto

Director

Izuru Narushima

Izuru Narushima

Screenplay

Katsuhiko Manabe

Screenplay

Toyomichi Kurita

Toyomichi Kurita

Director of Photography

Nobuyuki Takahashi

Editor

Hirohisa Mukuju

Producer

Seiji Okuda

Executive Producer

Yoichi Arishige

Producer

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