The Snow White Murder Case 2014
The Snow White Murder Case (白ゆき姫殺人事件 Shirayuki hime Satsujin Jiken?) is a 2014 Japanese mystery suspense film directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura.
A young woman working at a cosmetic company is interrogated with regards to the murder of her beautiful co-worker.
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Synopsis:
Yuji Akahoshi (Gou Ayano) for a television show. He receives a phone call from an old high school friend, Risako Kano (Misako Renbutsu). She tells him that her co-worker at a cosmetics compay was stabbed to death and then doused in flames. Yuji Akahoshi decides to interview workers at the company and others that knew the victim, Noriko Miki (Nanao), for his television show.
Yuji Akahoshi soon discovers that another co-worker, Miki Shirono (Mao Inoue) disappeared the same night of the murder. She was last seen running to the train station shortly after Noriko Miki's death. Yuji attempts to unravel the mystery of Miki Shirono.
The Snow White Murder Case (白ゆき姫殺人事件 Shirayuki hime Satsujin Jiken?) is a 2014 Japanese mystery suspense film directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura.
A young woman working at a cosmetic company is interrogated with regards to the murder of her beautiful co-worker.
Watch Trailer
Synopsis:
Yuji Akahoshi (Gou Ayano) for a television show. He receives a phone call from an old high school friend, Risako Kano (Misako Renbutsu). She tells him that her co-worker at a cosmetics compay was stabbed to death and then doused in flames. Yuji Akahoshi decides to interview workers at the company and others that knew the victim, Noriko Miki (Nanao), for his television show.
Yuji Akahoshi soon discovers that another co-worker, Miki Shirono (Mao Inoue) disappeared the same night of the murder. She was last seen running to the train station shortly after Noriko Miki's death. Yuji attempts to unravel the mystery of Miki Shirono.
Cast:
Mao Inoue as Miki Shirono
Gō Ayano as Yuji Akahoshi
Nanao as Noriko Miki
Nobuaki Kaneko as Satoshi Shinoyama
Erena Ono as Eimi Mitsushima
7.2/10·IMDb
6.9/10·Letterboxd
Featured Reviews:
" This crime suspense is definitely worth your money since it includes so many elements: apart from the usual murder suspense and guess who is the killer, weaved into the mystery is the role of twitter and gossip-style TV programmes. Also, buried into the core of the murder of the beautiful snow white office lady Noriko Miki (Nanao) is the fundamental belief/myth that beauty is often associated with a positive personality. Added to all these is how we choose/reconstruct our memory and express ourselves.
With such a rich plot the script and direction has to be systematically laid out and they do. The audience can easily be sucked into the story from the beginning when TV crew Yuji Akahoshi (Go Ayano) goes to a friend Risako Karino (Misako Renbutsu)'s house to be informed of a murder in her company.
I quite enjoyed the same author Kanae Minato's previous work Confession. But this story is a little overbuilt with a weak end. In terms of crime thriller, I think it is not as good as Gone Girl, although both were written by a female author depicting a female killer. However, the Snow White Murder Case is quite worth watching as it makes you wonder what lies behind each person's façade, regardless of their beauty, their name and their position." - Kicino (Hong Kong)
"I have watched some amazing Japanese films recently, which have caused me to believe that the best films are made in Japan. This film, The Snow White Murder Case 2014, was then the icing on the cake and confirmed, to me, that Japanese films are simply the best. Obviously this is just my opinion, but it will be one that is shared with many others (I hope), especially those who love Asian films.
I watched this film on the plane to Hong Kong, browsing through the new releases, mainly blockbuster Hollywood films, nothing really took my fancy and it looked as though I would have a pretty boring flight. However, I decided to browse through the World Cinema section and was very pleased to see The Snow White Murder Case 2014 in the section. I had been looking for this film for a long time. I then, for once, had a flight to remember. ...
Towards the end of the film we learn that Snow White may have had white skin, but she didn’t share that many other characteristics with the fairy tale legend. She wasn’t kind, in fact she was the very opposite, slowly the film lifts the veil on what she was really like. It shows the audience how her cruel and wicked ways were the reason for her being killed.
All in all The Snow White Murder Case 2014 is one of my favourite films and I would truly recommend it. I can’t think of a film that held my attention as strongly as this one did. I may have been in a plane when I was watching it, but if I was at home and paused it for a second to get a drink, I know for a fact I would have got back to it as quickly as possible. It shows how a journalist, investigating a murder case, easily could have, along with so many online fanatics, become a murderer himself/themselves. The public can be so judgemental, so close-minded, so fickle and so unable to find the truth for themselves. This film exceptionally highlights all of this and shows the harsh new world we live in." - Daniel Vesey @ lookingtotheeast.com
Mao Inoue as Miki Shirono
Gō Ayano as Yuji Akahoshi
Nanao as Noriko Miki
Nobuaki Kaneko as Satoshi Shinoyama
Erena Ono as Eimi Mitsushima
7.2/10·IMDb
6.9/10·Letterboxd
Featured Reviews:
" This crime suspense is definitely worth your money since it includes so many elements: apart from the usual murder suspense and guess who is the killer, weaved into the mystery is the role of twitter and gossip-style TV programmes. Also, buried into the core of the murder of the beautiful snow white office lady Noriko Miki (Nanao) is the fundamental belief/myth that beauty is often associated with a positive personality. Added to all these is how we choose/reconstruct our memory and express ourselves.
With such a rich plot the script and direction has to be systematically laid out and they do. The audience can easily be sucked into the story from the beginning when TV crew Yuji Akahoshi (Go Ayano) goes to a friend Risako Karino (Misako Renbutsu)'s house to be informed of a murder in her company.
I quite enjoyed the same author Kanae Minato's previous work Confession. But this story is a little overbuilt with a weak end. In terms of crime thriller, I think it is not as good as Gone Girl, although both were written by a female author depicting a female killer. However, the Snow White Murder Case is quite worth watching as it makes you wonder what lies behind each person's façade, regardless of their beauty, their name and their position." - Kicino (Hong Kong)
"I have watched some amazing Japanese films recently, which have caused me to believe that the best films are made in Japan. This film, The Snow White Murder Case 2014, was then the icing on the cake and confirmed, to me, that Japanese films are simply the best. Obviously this is just my opinion, but it will be one that is shared with many others (I hope), especially those who love Asian films.
I watched this film on the plane to Hong Kong, browsing through the new releases, mainly blockbuster Hollywood films, nothing really took my fancy and it looked as though I would have a pretty boring flight. However, I decided to browse through the World Cinema section and was very pleased to see The Snow White Murder Case 2014 in the section. I had been looking for this film for a long time. I then, for once, had a flight to remember. ...
Towards the end of the film we learn that Snow White may have had white skin, but she didn’t share that many other characteristics with the fairy tale legend. She wasn’t kind, in fact she was the very opposite, slowly the film lifts the veil on what she was really like. It shows the audience how her cruel and wicked ways were the reason for her being killed.
All in all The Snow White Murder Case 2014 is one of my favourite films and I would truly recommend it. I can’t think of a film that held my attention as strongly as this one did. I may have been in a plane when I was watching it, but if I was at home and paused it for a second to get a drink, I know for a fact I would have got back to it as quickly as possible. It shows how a journalist, investigating a murder case, easily could have, along with so many online fanatics, become a murderer himself/themselves. The public can be so judgemental, so close-minded, so fickle and so unable to find the truth for themselves. This film exceptionally highlights all of this and shows the harsh new world we live in." - Daniel Vesey @ lookingtotheeast.com