AIBOU: X-DAY
Seen it?2013 | 105 min | Drama, Action
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, 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
- Aimed squarely at anyone who likes to solve it before the characters do and anyone after some adrenaline. It plays fair with the clues, so you can play along. A good follow-up to Stray Dog.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Lets scenes breathe, at 1 hr 45 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Not the one if you want explosions or easy laughs.
Detective Kenichi Itami from the The National Police Agency and Akira Iwatsuki from the cyber investigation team investigate a complex murder case. The victim was under investigation by the cyber investigation team. As Detective Kenichi Itami and Akira Iwatsuki delve deeper into the case, pressure from around makes their investigation even more difficult. Secretly, a national financial doomsday scenario is carried out under the plan of "X Day".
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 powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
Not enough engagement data yet
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Cast & crew
Directed by Hajime Hashimoto
- Kazuhisa KawaharaItami
- Kei Tanaka
- Mitsuhiro OikawaTakeru
- Tetsuya Bessho
- Satoshi JimboSatoshi Jinbo
- Yoshino KimuraHinako Katayama
- Oji OsugaHirota
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- Rokkaku SeijiMamoru Yonezawa
- Anju SuzukiSachiko Tsukimoto