SPEC: Heaven
Seen it?2012 | 119 min | Crime, Mystery, Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- One for people who can't resist a good whodunit and people who like their stories with a little danger. The investigation drives everything, one lead at a time. A good follow-up to Stray Dog.
- The mood
- Funny with heart, tense.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 59 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Skip it if you like your heroes clean-cut.
Saya Toma is a female detective with an IQ of 201. Takeru Sebumi is a career detective with a distinguished background. They work on cases by postulating the "SPEC" of the unknown criminals and then deduce the criminal's unknown "SPEC" to make arrests. A mystery occurs when bodies are found on a cruiser in the ocean. Saya Toma and Ryo Kase of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department are brought in to solve the case.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 3K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi
- Erika TodaSaya Toma
- Ryo KaseTakeru Sebumi
- Ryunosuke KamikiJuichi Ninomae
- Chiaki KuriyamaSatoko Aoike
- Saki FukudaMirei Shimura
- Atsushi Ito
- Takahiro MiuraTamaki Miyano
- Kippei ShiinaSukehiro Tsuda
- DendenKenzo Ichiyanagi
- Yuko AsanoMadame Yo