| The Motive | |
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| Directed by | Nobuhiko Obayashi |
| Written by | Novel: Miyuki Miyabe Screenplay: Nobuhiko Obayashi Shiro Ishimori |
| Music by | Sotaro Manabu Kosuke Yamashita |
| Cinematography | Katsuhiro Kato |
| Released | December 18, 2004 |
| Running time | 160 min. |
| Official website | |
The Motive (理由 Riyuu), aka The Reason is a 2004 Japanese film based on a Miyuki Miyabe novel and directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. It was originally broadcast on the satellite TV station WOWOW in Japan.
Cast[]
- Miyoko Akaza ... Takako Koito
- Takuro Atsuki ... Takahiro Koito
- Bengal ... Mutsuo Takarai
- Rokusuke Ei ... Fusao Ariyoshi
- Akira Emoto ... Yoshifumi Katakura
- Jun Fubuki ... Shizuko Koito
- Tokie Hidari ... Toshiko Takarai
- Masami Hisamoto ... Mieko Kasai
- Mai Hosho ... Toshiko
- Takato Hosoyamada ... Yasutaka Takarai
- Wakaba Irie
- Renji Ishibashi ... Kazuki Hayakawa
- Ayumi Ito ... Ayako Takarai
- Ryo Kase ... Yuji Yashiro
- Tsurutaro Kataoka ... Naotaka Ishida
- Hiroshi Katsuno ... Naozumi Ishida
- Rinko Kikuchi
- Ittoku Kishibe ... Caretaker
- Nenji Kobayashi ... Mutuo Toura
- Satomi Kobayashi ... Atsuko Kitahata
- Yuko Kotegawa ... Katsuko Akiyoshi
- Akaji Maro ... A-san
- Miyuki Matsuda ... Akie Sato
- Yōko Minamida ... Kinue Ishida
- Tōru Minegishi ... Katsuyuki Akiyoshi
- Aoi Miyazaki ... Yukari Ishida
- Masaru Miyazaki ... Naomi Ishida
- Takehiro Murata ... Ishikawa, Police
- Nae ... B-ko
- Yuri Nakae ... Writer
- Toshie Negishi ... Satoko Sunagawa
- Shinya Owada ... Yoshio Sato
- Kyūsaku Shimada
- Kin Sugai ... Taeko Katakura
- Mikako Tabe
- Danshi Tachikawa ... Tatsuo Takarai
- Saki Terashima ... Nobuko Katakura
- Eriko Watanabe ... Yukie Katakura
- Hiroyuki Watanabe ... Police
- Tatsuo Yamada ... Shinji Koito
External links[]
- The Motive at Japanese Wikipedia
- The Motive at Drama Complex