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Phone Call to the Bar
Phone Call to the Bar

Movie·2011·2h 5m

Phone Call to the Bar

Directed By

Hajime Hashimoto

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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// overview

The Story

Original title: 探偵はBARにいる

In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with his driver Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) in his favourite bar. There he receives a phone call from a woman who identifies herself as Kyoko Kondo. The woman asks the detective to complete a simple task. The detective, having an excellent sense for danger, thinks the work is easy and accepts the case. The next day he begins the investigation.

Written By

Ryota Kosawa

Producer

Yasushi Sutô, Megumi Ueda

Cinematography

Kazushige Tanaka

Music

Yoshihiro Ike

Editor

Shin'ya Tadano

Themes

based on novel or bookdetectivehokkaido, japan

Production House

Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Hokkaido Shinbun Press
Kinoshita Komuten
TV Asahi
Toei Video Company
Toei Company

Audience Score

72%

16 votes

Skip9%
Timepass21%
Go for it38%
Perfection32%

Where to watch

Region: JP

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// cast

Cast

Yo Oizumi

Yo Oizumi

The Detective

Ryuhei Matsuda

Ryuhei Matsuda

Takada

Koyuki

Koyuki

Saori

Toshiyuki Nishida

Toshiyuki Nishida

Toshio Kirishima

Satomi Achiwa

Satomi Achiwa

Yasuko Taguchi

Tamae Ando

Tamae Ando

Mineko

Yoshiki Arizono

Yoshiki Arizono

Kohei Taguchi

Renji Ishibashi

Renji Ishibashi

Kyosuke Iwabuchi

Ryuji Katagiri

Ryuji Katagiri

Kajiwara-Gumi Kumichô

Shion Machida

Shion Machida

Kyoko Kondo

Carmen Maki

Maki

Yutaka Matsushige

Yutaka Matsushige

Aida

Yasukaze Motomiya

Yasukaze Motomiya

Mitsugu Iwabuchi

Ikuji Nakamura

Ikuji Nakamura

Minami

Kazuki Namioka

Kazuki Namioka

Sayama

Keiko Takeshita

Keiko Takeshita

Yuriko Kondo

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Megumi Kondo

// crew

Crew

Hajime Hashimoto

Director

Yasushi Sutô

Screenplay, Producer

Ryota Kosawa

Ryota Kosawa

Screenplay

Yoshihiro Ike

Yoshihiro Ike

Original Music Composer

Shin'ya Tadano

Editor

Kazushige Tanaka

Director of Photography

Megumi Ueda

Producer

Takashi Hirajo

Executive Producer

Tomomi Imagawa

Producer

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