Movie: The Wings of the Kirin
Romaji: Kirin no Tsubasa: Gekijoban Shinzanmono
Japanese: 麒麟の翼 ～劇場版・新参者～
Director: Nobuhiro Doi
Assistant Director: Yasukazu Sugiyama
Writer: Keigo Higashino (novel), Takeharu Sakurai
Producer: Jun Nasuda, Hidenori Iyoda, Junichi Shindo, Kazuya Hamana
Cinematographer: Hideo Yamamoto
World Premiere: October, 2011 (Tokyo International Film Festival)
Release Date: January 28, 2012
Runtime: 129 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Plot
A man's body is found under the statue of a giraffe with wings in the Nihombashi area of Tokyo. A suspect named Yashima has a car accident and falls unconscious while he is attempting to run away. Yashima's lover Kaori comes from Fukushima and tells detectives that he is absolutely not a criminal. Meanwhile, Detective Kyoichiro Kaga's (Hiroshi Abe) investigates and uncovers a point of contact between the dead body and Yashima. A hidden fact of the victim is revealed which even his children did not know about ...
Notes
"Kirin no Tsubasa: Gekijoban Shinzanmono" is based on Keigo Higashino's "Kyoichiro Kaga" mystery series novels. Specifically the 9th novel in that series "Kirin no Tsubasa".
Filming began May 12, 2011
Related titles:
Shinzanmono (TBS / 2010)
Akai Yubi - Shinzanmono Kaga Kyouichiro Futatabi! (TBS / 2011)
Kirin no Tsubasa: Gekijoban Shinzanmono (2012)
Nemuri no Mori - Shinzanmono Special (TBS / 2014)
Cast
Hiroshi Abe as Kyoichiro Kaga
Yui Aragaki as Kaori Nakahara
Junpei Mizobata as Yuhei Matsumiya
Tori Matsuzaka as Yuto Aoyagi
Masaki Suda as Tomoyuki Yoshinaga
Kento Yamazaki as Tatsuya Sugino
Tokio Emoto as Shyogo Yokota
Seika Taketomi as Haruka Aoyagi
Seiya as Shota Kurosawa
Meisa Kuroki as Ami Aoyama
Tsutomu Yamazaki as Takamasa Kaga
Takahiro Miura as Huyuki Yajima
Hitori Gekidan as Hajime Itokawa
Natsuko Akiyama as Mieko Yoshinaga
Shingo Tsurumi as Yukio Kodake
Yutaka Matsushige as Kobayashi
Rena Tanaka as Tokiko Kanamori
Kiichi Nakai as Takeaki Aoyagi