Concrete
On the 25th of November 1988, four youths abducted and held Furuta Junko in the house of one of the captors. Subjected to rape, torture, and humiliation, Junko had no hope of escape as the manhunt was stalled by the captors forcing her to tell her parents that she was ok. For 41 harrowing days, Junko had to endure unimaginable suffering at the hands of these four individuals. Finally, after losing in a game of mahjong solitaire, they beat her with an iron dumbbell and set on fire with lighter fluid. She died later that day from shock. In an attempt to hide their crime they buried her in cement and thus the name 'Concrete Encased High School Murder Case' was born as Japan had to confront the horrors of this crime. The perpetrators disposed the drum in a tract of reclaimed land in Koto, Tokyo.
Directed by Hiromu Nakumura · Written by Hiroshi Kanno
Cast
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Miki Komori Misaki / Female high-school student -
Katsuya Kobayashi -
Masanori Machida - Kensuke Mano
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Mika Mifune - Yôichirô Momose
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Toshiya Nagasawa -
Akihiro Nakatani - Kazutomo Nakatsukasa
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Naomi Oki - Yuu Saitô
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Sousuke Takaoka Tatsuo Oosugi
Make it a double feature
3h 27m together
Concrete
Trainspotting
A close match in mood and era.
