189

189 (2021)


  • Genre: Drama, Crime
  • Release Date: 2021-12-03
  • Runtime: 1h 49min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: VONS Pictures
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Ikuo Kamon

Summary

189 is a phone number to call when a child needs to be saved from an abusive situation. Children and adults can call that number, where they will be connected with the nearest child consultation center. Taiga Sakamoto works as a rookie child welfare officer. A girl that he worked with is being sent back to her mother. The girl was abused by her mother and stayed at a shelter. The next day, she loses her life. Taiga thinks about quitting his job. At this time, he receives a phone call from the hospital. A doctor calls him and tells him that a six-year-old girl's wounds looks as if they were caused by physical abuse. The abuser is assumed to be her father, but the girl's father denies any wrongdoing. Taiga and Attorney Shion Akiba try to prove that the girl was abused by her father.

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  • Yuma Nakayama

    as Taiga Sakamoto
  • Natsuna Watanabe

    as Shion Akiba
  • Hisashi Yoshizawa

    as Shoichi Masuda
  • Yasuyuki Maekawa

    as Nobuhiro Yasukawa
  • Yuno Ota

    as Seira Masuda
  • Atsuki Tomori

    as Noriko Masuda
  • Sei Hiraizumi

    as Kiyoshi Sakamoto
  • Hiroshi Takigawa

    as Mamoru Aoshima
  • Takuto Teranishi

    as Raimu Kimura
Writing Haruko Nagatsu Writer
Directing Ikuo Kamon Director
Production Noboru Yamaji Producer
Sound Akimitsu Homma Original Music Composer
Camera Ryu Segawa Director of Photography

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