The Crimes That Bind (祈りの幕が下りる時, Inori no Maku ga Oriru Toki; "When the Prayer Curtain Falls") is a 2018 Japanese crime drama film directed by Katsuo Fukuzawa based on the novel by Keigo Higashino.
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Plot
The film centers around the discovery of the body of Michiko Oshitani. Clues, including handwriting at the scene, link her death to the death of the mother of the main character, Kyoichiro Kaga.
Cast
Hiroshi Abe as Kyoichiro Kaga
Nanako Matsushima as Hiromi Asai
Marie Iitoyo as young Hiromi (20 years old)
Hiyori Sakurada as young Hiromi (14 years old)
Junpei Mizobata as Shūhei Matsumiya
Rena Tanaka
Midoriko Kimura
Setsuko Karasuma
Shunpūtei Shōta
Shōzō Uesugi
Kunihiro Suda
Takuma Otoo
Hiroko Nakajima
Toshiaki Megumi (cameo)
Anne Watanabe (cameo)
Teruyuki Kagawa (cameo)
Mitsuhiro Oikawa
Ran Ito
Fumiyo Kohinata as Tadao Asai
Tsutomu Yamazaki as Takamasa Kaga
Box office
The film took in USD $13 million in its Japanese Box Office run. It earned an additional $9,886,245 in China and $197,883 in Hong Kong, bringing its worldwide box office total to $23.2 million.