Retribution

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Desi Scarpone
Genre: Horror, Gangster, Action, Crime Fiction, Action/Adventure, Supernatural, Psychological thriller, Thriller, World cinema, Crime Thriller, Japanese Movies
Year: 1999
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese Language
Starring: Manami Konishi, Koji Yakusho, Joe Odagiri, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, Kikyoshi Kurosawa

Retribution (叫, sakebi, literally "Scream") is a 2006 mystery film, directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, of a detective's investigation of serial murders that leads him to a mysterious woman in red who slowly draws him into the darkness.

Yoshioka, an experienced detective, investigates the murder of an unknown woman in a red dress. She was drowned on the Tokyo waterfront, but an autopsy reveals that her stomach is full of seawater. Moreover, all the clues he finds relate to himself: A button found at the murder scene matches one that is missing from his own coat, and fingerprints found match his own. Yoshioka realizes that the only viable suspect is himself; but he doesn’t remember a thing.

A ghost in a red dress soon starts appearing to him. As these apparitions become more intense and bizarre, similar murders occur with people killing loved ones for small infractions. All the perpetrators are found by Yoshioka as he searches for clues about the original murder. Eventually the drowned woman is identified. Yoshioka visits her parents, only to find she had a boyfriend who was extorting her parents, who happens to visit the house at the same time. He quickly confesses to the crime.

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