Darkness in the Light

Darkness in the Light (2001)

日本の黒い夏 [冤enzai罪]

A middle-aged salaryman with a typical family, living quietly in a provincial city (Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture), wakes up one morning in the summer of 1994 to find himself the prime suspect in the biggest mass-murder case of the decade.

Date of release
2001-03-24
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 59m
Genres
Drama
Director
Kei Kumai

Casting

Interesting facts

Darkness in the Light is a 2001 Japanese drama film directed by Kei Kumai. The screenplay was written by Kumai, who based it on the play NEWS NEWS by Koichi Hiraishi, which was itself based on the documentary What TV Conveyed produced by the broadcasting department of Matsumoto Misugaoka High School in Nagano. All three tell the story of the real-life Matsumoto sarin attack. The film stars Akira Terao as Toshio Kanbe, a man falsely accused of the attack, in addition to Kiichi Nakai, Naomi Hosokawa, Nagiko Tono and Yukiya Kitamura in supporting roles. The film's score was composed by Teizo Matsumura. Darkness in the Light was theatrically released by Nikkatsu on 24 March 2001, in Japan.

Production

Director Kumai knew Kōno personally. Kumai, who had experience with crime scenes after his extensive research for The Long Death, believed the accusations against his friend were "absurd". He was also disturbed at the public response to the allegations, and decided to make the film after the Tokyo attack revealed Aum's culpability. The character of Toshio Kanbe is based on Kōno.

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