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Release date: 2008.10.04 (theater) - 2009.03.19 (DVD)

Cast: Fukuyama Masaharu, Shibasaki Kou, Kitamura Kazuki, Matsuyuki Yasuko,
Hanaoka Yasuko, Tsutsumi Shinichi, Maya Miki, Nagatsuka Keishi, Kanazawa Miho, Watanabe Ikkei, Shinagawa Hiroshi
Director: Hiroshi Nishitani

Duration: 128mins
Language: Japanese
Official site: yougisha-x

- Story -

Also Known as The Sacrifice of Suspect X, 'Yougisha X no Kenshin' is battle of wits between the physicist "Galileo" Yukawa (Fukuyama Masaharu) and his high school friend and genius mathematician Ishigami (Tsutsumi Shinichi). The first 10 minutes of this film was just like the dorama, light comedy filled with physics jargon, but it soon turns into a completely different, stand-alone movie. This movie and Galileo dorama are based on a mystery novel series, but this movie was more of a suspense movie with a touch of human drama because it was very clear from beginning who the culprits were.

The body of a male has been discovered, strangled to death, his face pulverized beyond recognition and fingers burned to a crisp. Assigned to the case are local precinct detective, Kaoru Utsumi, and her ex-colleague from headquarters, Shunpei Kusanagi. It turns out that the neighbor of the victim's ex-wife is a college alumnus of brilliant physicist, Manabu Yukawa, aka “Detective Galileo.” He is Tetsuya Ishigami, a high school math teacher whom Yukawa personally considers a true genius. When Yukawa is brought onto help with the case by Utsumi, he begins to suspect that this “true genius” and a with whom Yukawa shares a bond of friendship as an intellectual equal is somehow connected to the murder. Elaborate bluffs, false testimonials, loopholes in logic – all begin to appear in Detective Galileo’s way as if intentionally placed as a challenge by someone with mathematical brilliance.

Labels: Fukuyama Masaharu, movies, Shibasaki Kou