Once Upon a Crime
Directed byYūichi Fukuda
Based onAkazukin, tabi no tochū de shitai to deau
by Aito Aoyagi
Starring
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • September 19, 2023 (2023-09-19)
Running time
107 minutes
LanguageJapanese

Once Upon a Crime[lower-alpha 1] is a 2023 fantasy comedy crime mystery film, starring Kanna Hashimoto, and Yuko Araki[1][2] in the main roles; Little Red RIding Hood and Cinderella. Directed by Yūichi Fukuda, the story combines the story elements of Cinderella and the Little Red Riding Hood, as the Little Red (Kanna) uses her investigative skills to try to solve the mystery behind the murder.

Premise

Little Red Riding Hood meets Cinderella in the woods. Together, they meet witches and express their desire to go to the ball at the castle. The witches give them pretty dresses, shoes and a carriage driven by an anthropomorphic mouse. On their way to castle, they run over a corpse and, upon a closer look, Little Red Riding Hood exercises her detective skills. They hide the corpse and proceed to the ball, where Cinderella has a dance with the prince until guards report the discovery of the corpse.

Cast

Notes

  1. ↑ Kanji: 赤ずきん、旅の途中で死体と出会う Akazukin, tabi no tochū de shitai to deau. lit. meaning: Little Red Riding Hood, on her journey, encounters a corpse)

References

  1. ↑ "Once upon a Crime". IMDB. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  2. ↑ "福田雄一監督×Netflix『赤ずきん、旅の途中で死体と出会う。』はミステリーと笑いで"美"の価値観を問う". Retrieved 2023-10-09.
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