The Wings of the Kirin

2012 Japanese film by Nobuhiro Doi

The Wings of the Kirin

Film poster advertising this film in Japan

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

Release date

* January 28, 2012 (2012-01-28) (Japan)

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]

## Plot

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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...

## Cast

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* Hiroshi Abe as Kyoichiro Kaga
* Yui Aragaki
* Kiichi Nakai
* Junpei Mizobata
* Rena Tanaka
* Tori Matsuzaka
* Kento Yamazaki
* Seiya
* Seika Taketomi
* Takahiro Miura
* Hitori Gekidan
* Meisa Kuroki
* Natsuko Akiyama
* Tsutomu Yamazaki (Special appearance)
* Yutaka Matsushige
* Shingo Tsurumi
* Yutaka Matsushige
* Tokio Emoto

## See also

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* Shinzanmono

## References

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1. ^ "The Wings of the Kirin". Tokyo International Film Festival. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
2. ^ "The Wings of the Kirin". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
3. ^ "Abe Hiroshi, Aragaki Yui, and Mizobata Junpei announces the completion of "Kirin no Tsubasa" filming". Tokyohive.com. 2011-10-29. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
4. ^ 麒麟の翼 劇場版・新参者. Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-10-30.

## External links

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* Official website (in Japanese)
* The Wings of the Kirin at IMDb

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Films and television series directed by Nobuhiro Doi

* Aoi Tori [ja] (TV, 1997)
* Majo no Jōken (TV, 1999)
* Beautiful Life (TV, 2000)
* Strawberry on the Shortcake (TV, 2001)
* Friends (TV, 2002)
* Taiyō no Kisetsu (TV, 2002)
* Good Luck!! (TV, 2003)
* Be with You (2004)
* Nada Sōsō (2006)
* Ryokiteki na Kanojo (TV, 2008)
* Hanamizuki (2010)
* The Wings of the Kirin (2012)
* Nemuri no Mori (2014)
* Flying Colors (2015)
* Kōnodori (TV, 2015-2017)
* Jūhan Shuttai! (2016)
* The Full-Time Wife Escapist (2016)
* Quartet (TV, 2017)
* In This Corner of the World (TV, 2018)
* The Voice of Sin [ja] (2020)
* We Made a Beautiful Bouquet [ja] (2021)

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