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Box: The Hakamada Case

Box: The Hakamada Case

Box: The Hakamada Case

2010•1h 57m•

★8.0(1 ratings)

CrimeDrama

Overview

Based on the true story of former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada who has spent over 40 years incarcerated on death row. Iwao Hakamada was arrested for the June 10, 1966 murder of a family in Shizuoka . Iwao Hakamada has always insisted on his innocence and many others also believe Iwao Hakamada has been falsely accused ...

Director

Banmei Takahashi

Writers

Banmei Takahashi, Tatsunori Natsui

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Main Cast

Masato Hagiwara

Masato Hagiwara

Tendou Kuakmoto

Hirofumi Arai

Hirofumi Arai

Iwao Hakamada

Riona Hazuki

Riona Hazuki

Kyouko Kumamoto

Takenori Murano

Takenori Murano

Judge Isi

Naoki Hosaka

Naoki Hosaka

Judge Takami

Yuko Nakamura

Yuko Nakamura

Hideko Hakamada

Dankan

Dankan

Detective Matsumoto

Takamasa Suga

Takamasa Suga

Takasiyu Iraiwa

Akiko Hinagata

Akiko Hinagata

Chizuko Hashiguchi

Togo Shimura

Togo Shimura

Prosecutor Okuba

Jitsuko Yoshimura

Jitsuko Yoshimura

Kinu Hakamada

Ryushin Tei

Ryushin Tei

Detective Kuroyanagi

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Banmei Takahashi
Assistant Director: Toshimi Kikubo

Writing

Screenplay: Banmei Takahashi
Screenplay: Tatsunori Natsui

Production

Producer: Junichiro Hayashi
Co-Executive Producer: Hitoshi Nakajima
Producer: Kenjiro Nishi
Associate Producer: Morio Ohara
Executive Producer: Masato Goto
Co-Executive Producer: Junichi Kaji

Music & Sound

Original Music Composer: Yusuke Hayashi
Sound: Shin Fukada

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Junichiro Hayashi

Editing

Editor: Jun'ichi Kikuchi

Art Direction

Production Design: Tomoyuki Maruo

Visual Effects

VFX Supervisor: Masaru Tateishi

Did You Know?

#1

The original title is "BOX 袴田事件命とは" (JA).

#2

The runtime is 117 minutes (1h 57m).

#3

The film was directed by Banmei Takahashi.

#4

The screenplay was written by Banmei Takahashi and Tatsunori Natsui.

#5

The score was composed by Yusuke Hayashi.

#6

Cinematography was handled by Junichiro Hayashi.

#7

This title is listed on IMDb as tt1562275.

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Rating

8.0/10

Great

1 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

BOX 袴田事件命とは

Status:

Released

Language:

日本語

Country of Origin:

Japan

Production Companies:

BOX Production Project