The Gun 2020
The Gun 2020

Movie·2020·1h 16m

The Gun 2020

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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The Story

Original title: 銃2020

Toko grew up unloved by her mother Mizuho who continues to adore her deceased son. She lives alone in an apartment the electricity has been cut off and the trash is piling up. One late night, Toko enters a gloomy building in order to escape from a threatening stalker, Tomita. There she finds a handgun. She brings it back home and confirms it is loaded with four bullets. One day, the family living next door who have already been enduring poverty and violence end up murdering a man. Toko helps them bury the man's body, shooting it with the handgun. Toko becomes captivated by the gun itself. She is further entangled in the true circumstances of the incident due to the detective searching for the handgun and a suspicious man Kazunari who knows a secret about the handgun. Toko tries to throw herself into the whirlpool but then the lid is blown off her "past."

Written By

Fuminori Nakamura

Producer

Maki Kitani

Cinematography

Hiromitsu Nishimura

Editor

Yuriko Hosono

Themes

gunstalkerdangerous charm

Production House

Yoshimoto Kogyo
EXCELLING

Audience Score

53%

3 votes

Skip16%
Timepass39%
Go for it32%
Perfection13%

Where to watch

Region: JP

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// cast

Cast

Kyoko Hinami

Kyoko Hinami

Toko

Masaya Katō

Masaya Katō

Tomita

Tomochika

Tomochika

Mizuho

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Koichi Sato

Koichi Sato

Kazunari

Lily Franky

Lily Franky

Nijiro Murakami

Nijiro Murakami

Toru Nishikawa

Takashi Yamanaka

Takashi Yamanaka

Shohei Uno

Shohei Uno

Yukiko Shinohara

Yukiko Shinohara

Chika Uchida

Chika Uchida

Amane Okayama

Amane Okayama

Sahel Rosa

Sahel Rosa

Moemi Katayama

Moemi Katayama

Yuji Nakamura

Yuji Nakamura

// crew

Crew

Masaharu Take

Masaharu Take

Director, Screenplay

Maki Kitani

Producer

Fuminori Nakamura

Screenplay

Yuriko Hosono

Editor

Hiromitsu Nishimura

Director of Photography

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