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TSUMITOKA BATSUTOKA (2009)

Original Title: Tsumitoka Batsutoka
English Title: Crime or Punishment?!?
Genre: Comedy
Format: 35mm / 110min / Color
Year of Production: 2008
Release Date (Japan): 2009
Production Company: Crime or Punishment?!? Production Committee
Director: Keralino Sandorovich
Producers: Norio Enomoto
Screenplay: Keralino Sandorovich
Director of Photography: Shinji Kugimiya
Music: Fumio Yasuda
Main Cast: Riko Narumi, Kento Nagayama

Synopsis

An unsuccessful idol, Ayame happens to take on PR role "police chief for a day" to keep her job. Reluctant at first, Ayame has no choice but to solve a brutal murder case that is in fact committed by her ex-boyfriend who is now working with her at the police station. Furthermore, her friend who is a successful pin-up girl and her personal manager are abducted, and it's up to her to solve the crime.

About the Director

Born in 1963, Sandorovich formed a band Uchoten in 1982 and sang as a vocalist. Following the dissolution of his first theater troop, Gekidan Kenko, Sandorovich launched Nylon 100°C and won the prestigious Kishida Kunio Award in 1999. In 2003, Sandorovich made a feature film debut with "1980" followed by "Gumi Chocolate Pine" in 2007. "Crime or Punishment?!?" is his third directorial effort.

Sales Company

Open Sesame Co., Ltd.
Contact: Ritsuko Abe, Kaho Nakane
Email: ritsuko@open-sesame.jp , kaho@open-sesame.jp
Phone: +81-3-5159-0871

About the Sales Company

Since the establishment in 2001, Open Sesame Co., Ltd. has been engaged in a variety of film-related businesses notably as a sales agent of Japanese films.

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