Character (2021)

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• Movie: Character
• Romaji: Character
• Japanese: キャラクター
• Director: Akira Nagai
• Writer: Takashi Nagasaki, Anna Kawahara, Akira Nagai
• Producer: Yuho Tadano
• Cinematographer: Tetsuya Kondo
• Release Date: June 11, 2021
• Runtime: 125 min.
• Distributor: Toho
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

Keigo Yamashiro (Masaki Suda) aspires to become a popular manga writer. He has a natural gift for drawing, but, due to his nice personality, he has problems creating villain characters. Because of this, Keigo Yamashiro seems stuck as a manga writer’s assistant. Following a request by his manga master, Keigo Yamashiro visits a home to sketch a happy family. There, Keigo Yamashiro discovers four dead members of the family and an unknown man.

Keigo Yamashiro lies to the police that he did not see the murderer. He then begins to draw the murderer as a villain in his manga “34.” The manga is a hit and Keigo Yamashiro achieves popularity as a manga writer. Meanwhile, cases similar to incidents found in his 34 manga occur in real life. The murderer then appears in front of Keigo Yamashiro.