Jun 08, 2002
124 min
Full-HD

Copycat Killer (2002)

The story of a criminal who abducts and kills women, and those who try to catch him. Nakai is cast as a cold-blooded, intelligent and evil guy who uses the media to announce and show his murders live to the public.

Category

Crime Drama Mystery

Country

Japan

Companies

Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Mainichi Shimbun Mohohan Seisaku Iinkai Nippan Group Holdings TOHO Shogakukan Tokyo FM Nippon Television Network Corporation

Masahiro Nakai

Koichi Amikawa

Junnosuke Taguchi

Shinichi Tsukada

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Yoshio Arima

Misaki Itō

Mariko Arima

Kanji Tsuda

Hiromi Kurihashi

Yuki Saori

Sumiko Kurihashi

Takashi Fujii

Kazuaki Takai

Yoko Fujita

Yumiko Takai

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