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Copycat Killer

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The story of a criminal who abducts and kills women, and those who try to catch him. Nakai is cast as a cold-blooded, intelligent and evil guy who uses the media to announce and show his murders live to the public.

Status: Released

Released Date: 2002-06-08

Runtime: 124 mins

Director: Yoshimitsu Morita

Writer: Yoshimitsu Morita

Spoken language: 日本語

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Original title: Copycat Killer

Production Companies: Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Mainichi Shimbun, Mohohan Seisaku Iinkai, Nippan Group Holdings, TOHO, Shogakukan, Tokyo FM, Nippon Television Network Corporation

Production Countries: Japan

Cast

Masahiro Nakai

Junnosuke Taguchi

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Misaki Itō

Kanji Tsuda

Yuki Saori

Takashi Fujii

Yoko Fujita

Eiko Koike

Yasufumi Terawaki

Yoshino Kimura

Shigemitsu Ogi

Kumi Nakamura

Yoshida Asahi

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