Blind Witness (2019)

Profile

• Movie: Blind Witness (literal title)
• Romaji: Mienai Mokugekisha
• Japanese: 見えない目撃者

• Director: Junichi Mori
• Writer: Kiyomi Fujii, Junichi Mori
• Producer: Masaki Koide
• Cinematographer: Futa Takagi
• Release Date: September 20, 2019
• Runtime: 128 min.
• Distributor: Toei
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

On the night of her police university graduation, Natsume Hamanaka’s (Riho Yoshioka) younger brother dies in accident caused by Natsume Hamanaka. In the accident, Natsume Hamanaka also loses her eyesight. She gives up on being a police officer.

3 years later, Natsume Hamanaka still has gotten over what happened that night. One day, she is involved in a minor car accident. She hear’s a young girl’s voice asking for help. Natsume Hamanaka senses that the girl might be a kidnap victim. She reports what happened to the police, but the police doesn’t purse her report. Natsume Hamanaka does not give up and keeps looking for the girl. She finds a young boy who was skateboarding near the fender bender car accident. Natsume Hamanaka believes a serial kidnapper exists.