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Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel poster

Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel (2014)

In 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective Rokuro Fujisawa takes charge of the investigation with a young detective Ichimura and his investigations lead him to Father Tolbeck as a suspect. But the police are forced to move very discreetly as the time was right after the Second World War, when a sensitive situation that involves Western people and religion is likely to become an international issue. The investigation leads to an unexpected discloser of a shadowy business behind the church that reflects the uncertainty of the time.

Release: 2014-01-19
Runtime: 110 min
Rating: 5 / 10
Cast
Takeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano
Rokuro Fujisawa
Eita Nagayama
Eita Nagayama
Yoshitaka Ichimura
Fumino Kimura
Fumino Kimura
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Eiko Koike
Eiko Koike
Yoko Fujisawa
Kazuhisa Kawahara
Kazuhisa Kawahara
Kenji Anan
Kenji Anan
Kotaro Shiga
Kotaro Shiga
Takeshi Masu
Takeshi Masu
Makoto Ashikawa
Makoto Ashikawa
Hiroshi Takahashi
Hiroshi Takahashi
Kenji Kasai
Kenji Kasai
Kenjiro Nashimoto
Kenjiro Nashimoto
Kenji Mizuhashi
Kenji Mizuhashi
Kyūsaku Shimada
Kyūsaku Shimada
Nicholas Pettas
Nicholas Pettas
Steve Wiley
Steve Wiley
Hiromi Kitagawa
Hiromi Kitagawa