64: Part I
Poster
Japanese name
Kanji64 ロクヨン　前編
Directed byTakahisa Zeze
Starring
CinematographyKoichi Saito
Production
companies
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • May 7, 2016 (2016-05-07)
Running time
121 minutes[2]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box officeUS$17.8 million[3]

64: Part I is a 2016 Japanese suspense mystery drama film directed by Takahisa Zeze.[2] It was released in Japan by Toho on May 7, 2016.[4] The second part, 64: Part II, was released on June 11, 2016.[5]

1989 is the 64 Shouwa year in the Japanese calendar, thus the unsolved girl kidnapping-murder case is called "64(rokuyon)" that got up in this year in Criminal Investigation Department in the Prefectural Police Department. And 14 years were over as the prefecture's police to be unsolved greatest stain, and statute of limitations approached it. In 2002, Yoshinobu Mikami, an ex-detective who was assigned as the investigator of the "Rokuyon" case 14years ago, moves as a Public Relations Officer in the Police Affairs Department against his will. As a newly assigned Public Relations Officer, he was troubled with the relation between the reporters, new case has occurred. And that new case traced "Rokuyon" case exactly.

Plot 1989 is the 64 Shouwa year in the Japanese calendar, thus the unsolved girl kidnapping-murder case is called "64(rokuyon)" that got up in this year in Criminal Investigation Department in the Prefectural Police Department. And 14 years were over as the prefecture's police to be unsolved greatest stain, and statute of limitations approached it. In 2002, Yoshinobu Mikami, an ex-detective who was assigned as the investigator of the "Rokuyon" case 14years ago, moves as a Public Relations Officer in the Police Affairs Department against his will. As a newly assigned Public Relations Officer, he was troubled with the relation between the reporters, new case has occurred. And that new case traced "Rokuyon" case exactly.

Reception

The film was third placed at the Japanese box office on its opening, with 203,703 admissions and grossing ¥257.3 million.[6] On its second weekend, it was fifth placed.[7] As of June 26, 2016, the film has grossed US$17.8 million in Japan.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "64: Parts I and II (Japanese thriller mystery drama film duology released in 2016) production credits". Google Documents.
  2. 1 2 "64-ロクヨン-前編(2016)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "64: Part I (Rokuyon: Zenpen)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  4. ↑ "64 ロクヨン 前編". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ "64 ロクヨン 後編". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Japan Box Office Report – 5/7~5/8". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. May 10, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Japan Box Office Report – 5/14~5/15". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. May 17, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2016.


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