is a 2025 Japanese crime thriller film directed by Akira Nagai and based on Katsuhiro Go's novel of the same name. Starring Yuki Yamada, Jiro Sato, Sairi Ito, Shota Sometani, and Atsuro Watabe.
Plot A middle-aged man, who calls himself Tagosaku Suzuki, is being interrogated on suspicion of assault. He claims to have psychic abilities and predicted that a bomb would soon explode somewhere in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. The prediction comes true. He then predicted that three more explosions would occur, one every hour. From this point forward, the police are dragged into Suzuki's game.
Cast Yuki Yamada as Ruike Jiro Sato as Tagosaku Suzuki Sairi Ito as Sara Koda Ryota Bando as Taito Yabuki Shota Sometani as Isao Todoroki Kanichiro as Ise Bokuzō Masana as Tsuruku Kataoka Sennosuke as Tatsuma Ishikawa Seina Nakata as Miu Ishikawa Masaya Kato as Yuko Hasebe Yui Natsukawa as Asuka Ishikawa Atsuro Watabe as Kiyomiya
Production The original work is Katsuhiro Go's novel of the same title, which took 1st place in Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! (This Mystery is Excellent!) 2023 and 4th place in the Japan Booksellers' Award 2023. Jiro Sato is known for heavily using ad-libs in comedy films directed by Yuichi Fukuda, but he did not use any ad-libs in this work.
Reception
Box office The film was released on October 31, 2025, and earned at the box office over the first four days, which included a national holiday on Monday. It ranked second, following Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc. The box office revenue reached one month after its release.
Critical response Film critic Rui Takeshima praised Jiro Sato's performance, saying, "Tagosaku Suzuki dominated the entire film, much like the Joker played by Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight."
Accolades Award Category Recipient(s) Result 50th Hochi Film AwardsBest Supporting ActorJiro Sato38th Nikkan Sports Film AwardsYūjirō Ishihara AwardSuzuki=BakudanBest Supporting ActorJiro Sato80th Mainichi Film AwardsBest Supporting PerformanceJiro SatoBest Sound RecordingHiroshi Ishigai68th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest FilmSuzuki=BakudanBest DirectorAkira NagaiBest ActorYuki YamadaBest Supporting ActorJiro Sato99th Kinema Junpo AwardsBest Supporting ActorJiro Sato49th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest FilmSuzuki=BakudanBest DirectorAkira NagaiBest ActorYuki YamadaBest Supporting ActorJiro SatoBest ScreenplayMasahiro Yamaura and Hiroyuki YatsuBest MusicYaffleBest CinematographyTetsuya KondoBest Lighting DirectionSatoshi Mizoguchi Best Art DirectionRyo Sugimoto and Takuya OkadaBest Sound RecordingHiroshi IshigaiBest Film EditingSuguru NinomiyaNewcomer of the YearRyota Bando
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