The Wings of the Kirin

2012 Japanese film by Nobuhiro Doi

January 28, 2012 (2012-01-28) (Japan)

Running time

129 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapaneseBox office$19,773,978^[2]

The Wings of the Kirin (麒麟の翼〜劇場版・新参者〜, Kirin no Tsubasa: Gekijōban Shinzanmono) is a 2012 Japanese film directed by Nobuhiro Doi.^[3]^[4]

Plot

A man's body is found under the statue of a winged kirin in the Nihombashi area of Tokyo. A suspect named Yashima has a car accident and falls unconscious while he is attempting to run away. Yashima's lover Kaori comes from Fukushima and tells detectives that he is absolutely not a criminal. Meanwhile, Detective Kyoichiro Kaga's (Hiroshi Abe) investigates and uncovers a point of contact between the dead body and Yashima. A hidden fact of the victim is revealed which even his children did not know about...

Cast

Hiroshi Abe
Yui Aragaki
Kiichi Nakai
Junpei Mizobata
Rena Tanaka
Tori Matsuzaka
Kento Yamazaki
Seiya
Seika Taketomi
Takahiro Miura
Hitori Gekidan
Meisa Kuroki
Natsuko Akiyama
Tsutomu Yamazaki (Special appearance)
Yutaka Matsushige
Shingo Tsurumi
Yutaka Matsushige
Tokio Emoto

References

^ "The Wings of the Kirin". Tokyo International Film Festival. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
^ "The Wings of the Kirin". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
^ "Abe Hiroshi, Aragaki Yui, and Mizobata Junpei announces the completion of "Kirin no Tsubasa" filming". Tokyohive.com. 2011-10-29. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
^ 麒麟の翼劇場版・新参者. Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-10-30.