The Love of a Brute
A mystery drama adapted from Edogawa Rampo's short story of the same title with a modern twist. Directed and written by Inoue Hiroki of LOVE STAGE! fame.
Heartbroken Kyoko (Usamaru Manami) meets and marries Kadono (Hosoda Yoshihiko) on a matching app.Kyoko is happy with her life with the kind and handsome Kadono, but she gradually begins to suspect that her husband is in love with another woman.She asks detective Nomura (Shibue Jouji) to investigate her husband's background, and a shocking secret is revealed.
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- Drama · Craft · Tension
Who's in it
Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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Heartbroken Kyoko (Usamaru Manami) meets and marries Kadono (Hosoda Yoshihiko) on a matching app. Kyoko is happy with her life with the kind and handsome Kadono, but she gradually begins to suspect that her husband is in love with another woman. She asks detective Nomura (Shibue Jouji) to investigate her husband's background, and a shocking secret is revealed.
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- Release date
- Jun 25, 2022
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
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- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
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