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| The Wings of the Kirin | |
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| Directed by | Nobuhiro Doi |
| Based on | The Wings of the Kirin by Keigo Higashino[1] |
| Starring | Hiroshi Abe Yui Aragaki Junpei Mizobata Rena Tanaka Kiichi Nakai |
| Music by | Yugo Kanno |
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Running time | 129 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | $19,773,978[2] |
The Wings of the Kirin (麒麟の翼 〜劇場版・新参者〜, Kirin no Tsubasa: Gekijōban Shinzanmono) is a 2012 Japanese film directed by Nobuhiro Doi.[3][4]
A man's body is found under the statue of a winged kirin in the Nihombashi area of Tokyo. A suspect named Yashima has a car accident and falls unconscious while he is attempting to run away. Yashima's lover Kaori comes from Fukushima and tells detectives that he is absolutely not a criminal. Meanwhile, Detective Kyoichiro Kaga's (Hiroshi Abe) investigates and uncovers a point of contact between the dead body and Yashima. A hidden fact of the victim is revealed which even his children did not know about...