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Image courtesy of Kadokawa Pictures. © 2019 Kadokawa Pictures has provided information and pics for THE PROMISED LAND (??, Rakuen), based on Yoshida Shuichi`s short story compilation Crime Novel Collection (Hanzai Shosetsu-shu). Takahisa Zeze, who scored a smash hit in 2016 with his 2-part adaptation of 64 (SIX FOUR), returns to write and direct this socially relevant thriller. STORY 12 years ago, a young girl named Aika was kidnapped at the junction of a Y-shaped road. The case remains unsolved. Tsumugi (Hana Sugisaki), a close friend of the victim, has been deeply emotionally scarred by the incident. Tsumugi can`t forgive herself as she was with Aika minutes before she was abducted. A local festival is held, and while it helping out, Tsugumi meets Tsuyoshi (Go Ayano), the town loner who lives with his mom and refurbishes used items for a living. She finds herself empathizing with this lonely man. On the day of the festival, a little girl vanishes from the same Y intersection. Suspicion falls on Tsuyoshi, who flees from the town. A year later, Tsugumi returns home and meets beekeeper Zenjiro (Koichi Sato), who lives in an aging community on the other end of the Y intersection. Zenjiro comes up with a plan to revitalize the village but it fails, leaving him ostracized, leading to a horrifying crime...
Photo courtesy of Kadokawa Pictures. © 2019 CREDITS Japanese Theatrical Release Date: October 18, 2019 (Nationwide Roadshow) Running Time: 129 Minutes Cast Tsuyoshi Nakamura: Go Ayano Tsumugi Yukawa: Hana Sugisaki Zenjiro Tanaka: Koichi Sato Reiko Kataoka Asuka Kurosawa Ishibashi Shizukawa Kiyoshi Negishi Akira Emoto Staff Director: Takahisa Zeze Original Story: Crime Novel Collection by Shuichi Yoshida (Published by KADOKAWA) Screenplay: Takahisa Zeze Producer: Naohiko Ninomiya Production Company: Kadokawa Corporation Distributors: Kadokawa Pictures World Sales: Kadokawa Corporation International © 2019 "The Promised Land" Film Partners
Photo courtesy of Kadokawa Pictures. © 2019 
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