Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor

Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor

2016 · 111 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama, Mystery

Shinichi Tominaga is a prosecutor, newly appointed to the special investigation division for the Tokyo district prosecutors' office. He is currently busy with a case involving suspicious donations to powerful politician Yohei Tachibana. Shinichi then receives a mysterious message from his friend Samon Kondo. His friend is in charge of space development at The The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The message talks about a scandal related to space development. Samon soon goes missing after sending the message. Shinichi begins to see a connection between the two cases.

Directed by Setsuro Wakamatsu · Written by Arisa Kaneko

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Hiroshi Tamaki Shinichi Tominaga
Saki Aibu Haruka Hattanda
Ken Tanaka Ippei Komatsu
Ryo Tamura Kazuo Tominaga
Mitsuko Kusabue Tokiko Hongo
Tatsuya Nakadai Yohei Tachibana
Mikihisa Azuma Akira Takatori
Masahiko Nishimura Nobutsuna Nakae
Keisuke Horibe Kenzo Maehara
Jundai Yamada Yusuke Higa
Michiko Hada Nozomi Iwashita
Eiji Okuda Kiichi Haze

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