The Brightest Sun

Tetsuya Nakashima, director of Confessions and Memories of Matsuko, returns with a murder mystery that opens a rotten case file and finds a family nightmare inside. Private detective Yonemoto has been killed, and plenty of people had a reason to want him that way. The case falls to Satake, a former colleague with a damaged family life, and Satoko, a young assistant learning how ugly the job can get. Their investigation leads back to the disappearance of a newborn nine years earlier, and to Arata, a severely disabled boy at the center of the old case. Hidetoshi Nishijima, Hikari Mitsushima, Haru Kuroki, Ko Shibasaki, Kankurō Kudō, Jirō Satō, and Kōji Yakusho lead Nakashima’s formidable ensemble. Murder is only the entree to this exploration of deeply held secrets and love in small corners.