Masaya (Kenshi Okada) wiles away his gloomy and far from ideal university days. One day, he receives a letter from the worst serial killer in history, Haimura Yamato (Sadawo Abe). Haimura has been convicted of nine murders and sentenced to death. In the letter, Haimura admits to having committed eight murders but insists that the last murder was not committed by him. Accepting Haimura’s request to find the true killer, Masaya begins to investigate the murder. As he dives deep into the criminal mind, a shocking truth is revealed.

One of the most prolific Japanese directors of the twenty-first century, Kazuya Shiraishi does not shy away from depicting crude violence, making this film particularly powerful. Sadawo Abe perfectly performs his role of Haimura, a horrible serial killer who exerts a vicious yet subtly conveyed instability.

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