Dec 18, 2004
160 min
Full-HD

The Motive (2004)

Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims appear to be family, but as the investigation deepens it is discovered that one of the victims isn't related to the family.

Category

Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie

Country

Japan

Companies

PSC WOWOW

Takehiro Murata

Ishikawa, Police

Ryo Kase

Yuji Yashiro

Toshie Negishi

Satoko Sunagawa

Saki Terashima

Nobuko Katakura

Takuro Atsuki

Takahiro Koito

Wakaba Irie

Ittoku Kishibe

Caretaker

Tokie Hidari

Toshiko Takarai

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