

The Motive
2004 · 160 min · Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie
Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims appear to be family, but as the investigation deepens it is discovered that one of the victims isn't related to the family.
- Director
- Nobuhiko Obayashi
- Writers
- Fumio Ishimori, Miyuki Miyabe, Nobuhiko Obayashi
- Released
- December 18, 2004
- Language
- Japanese
Cast

Takehiro Murata
Ishikawa, Police

Ryo Kase
Yuji Yashiro

Toshie Negishi
Satoko Sunagawa

Saki Terashima
Nobuko Katakura

Takuro Atsuki
Takahiro Koito

Wakaba Irie

Ittoku Kishibe
Caretaker

Tokie Hidari
Toshiko Takarai

Kyusaku Shimada

Shin'ya Ohwada
Yoshio Sato

Takahito Hosoyamada
Yasutaka Takarai

Toru Minegishi
Katsuyuki Akiyoshi
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