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The Motive

The Motive2004

★6.9160 minCrimeDramaMystery

Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims appear to be family, but as the investigation deepens it is discovered that one of the victims isn't related to the family.

Director

Nobuhiko Obayashi

Writer

Fumio Ishimori Nobuhiko Obayashi

Score

Nobuhiko Obayashi Kosuke Yamashita

Stars

Takehiro Murata Ryo Kase Toshie Negishi

Cast46

Takehiro Murata
as Ishikawa, Police
Ryo Kase
as Yuji Yashiro
Toshie Negishi
as Satoko Sunagawa
Saki Terashima
as Nobuko Katakura
Takuro Atsuki
as Takahiro Koito
Wakaba Irie
Ittoku Kishibe
as Caretaker
Tokie Hidari
as Toshiko Takarai
Kyusaku Shimada
Shin'ya Ohwada
as Yoshio Sato
Takahito Hosoyamada
as Yasutaka Takarai
Toru Minegishi
as Katsuyuki Akiyoshi
Masami Hisamoto
as Mieko Kasai
Bengal
as Mutsuo Takarai
Nae Yuuki
as B-ko
Mai Hosho
as Toshiko
Ayumi Ito
as Ayako Takarai
Yuri Nakae
as Writer
Miyuki Matsuda
as Akie Sato
Mikako Tabe
as Izumi Shinoda
D
Danshi Tatekawa
as Tatsuo Takarai
Miyoko Akaza
as Takako Koito
Yōko Minamida
as Kinue Ishida
Jun Fubuki
as Shizuko Koito
Renji Ishibashi
as Kazuki Hayakawa
Tatsuo Yamada
as Shinji Koito
Akaji Maro
as A-san
Hiroyuki Watanabe
as Police
Nenji Kobayashi
as Mutuo Toura
Akira Emoto
as Yoshifumi Katakura
Aoi Miyazaki
as Yukari Ishida
Masaru Miyazaki
as Naomi Ishida
Eri Watanabe
Kin Sugai
as Taeko Katakura
R
Rokusuke Ei
as Fusao Ariyoshi
Satomi Kobayashi
as Atsuko Kitahata
Hiroshi Katsuno
as Naozumi Ishida
Yuko Kotegawa
as Katsuko Akiyoshi
Tsurutaro Kataoka
as Naotaka Ishida
Rinko Kikuchi
Shingo Yanagisawa
Kiichi Sonobe
Wakako Shimazaki
Yoji Matsuda
as Rich young man
K
Katsuya Koiso
Mitsutoshi Ishigami

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