This movie is based on the best-selling mystery novel by Keigo Higashino, The Murder in Kairoutei (Kairōtei Satsujin Jiken). There are innumerable secrets hidden in the Kairoutei Mansion, and a dispute arises from a desperate woman’s desire for revenge because of love!
A wealthy businessman dies of illness, his relatives gather at the Kairoutei Mansion awaiting the distribution of a multi-billion dollar inheritance, each and everyone harbours sinister designs. At a crucial moment, lawyer Zhou Yang (Ren Suxi) arrives with the will and a mysterious diary. It even involves a homicide case from a fatal fire that happened a year ago. The deceased was the illegitimate son who had been wandering destitute abroad and the heir apparent to the entire estate of the wealthy businessman. The murderer seems to be hiding amongst the crowd … (Source: Translated from Douban)
Higashino’s whodunnit is certainly popular with a Japanese movie adaptation in 2011, Kairoutei Satsujin Jiken,...
A wealthy businessman dies of illness, his relatives gather at the Kairoutei Mansion awaiting the distribution of a multi-billion dollar inheritance, each and everyone harbours sinister designs. At a crucial moment, lawyer Zhou Yang (Ren Suxi) arrives with the will and a mysterious diary. It even involves a homicide case from a fatal fire that happened a year ago. The deceased was the illegitimate son who had been wandering destitute abroad and the heir apparent to the entire estate of the wealthy businessman. The murderer seems to be hiding amongst the crowd … (Source: Translated from Douban)
Higashino’s whodunnit is certainly popular with a Japanese movie adaptation in 2011, Kairoutei Satsujin Jiken,...
- 2/20/2023
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
After three long years of pandemic drift and deterioration, China’s movie box office was back in booming form over the weeklong Lunar New Year holiday. Total ticket sales over the six-day festive period, China’s most lucrative moviegoing window of the year, climbed to 993.8 million this year, up 14 percent from the equivalent stretch in 2019, the last holiday prior to the pandemic. This year’s bonanza also easily topped the 2022 Lunar New Year, which brought in 888.2 million.
The strong comeback at the Chinese multiplex was one of several encouraging indicators of economic recovery during the holiday, as Chinese consumers returned en masse to restaurants, tourist sites and entertainment venues, breathing a collective sigh of relief after the abrupt exit from Beijing’s restrictive “Covid zero” policy late last year. The box office rebound is being read as welcome news by international investors as well as film executives, with many economists...
The strong comeback at the Chinese multiplex was one of several encouraging indicators of economic recovery during the holiday, as Chinese consumers returned en masse to restaurants, tourist sites and entertainment venues, breathing a collective sigh of relief after the abrupt exit from Beijing’s restrictive “Covid zero” policy late last year. The box office rebound is being read as welcome news by international investors as well as film executives, with many economists...
- 1/30/2023
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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