Lost Care

[Machine Translation] In Japan, nearly 30% of the population is aged 65 or older, and incidents involving nursing care continue to occur. Akira Hayamanaka's novel, which won the 16th Japan Mystery Literature Grand Prize for New Writers, is sharply focused on this issue and has been adapted to a film by Tetsu Maeda, director of "Konna no Yoruyoe no Banana Kayo Aishiki Jitsu Monogatari" (This Late at Night, Banana Kayo? (And Then the Baton Was Passed) and "No Money for Retirement! Kenichi Matsuyama stars as Munenori Shiba, a caregiver who was adored by everyone, but who killed 42 people. Masami Nagasawa plays Hidemi Otomo, a prosecutor who tries to bring him to justice. The two first-time co-stars give a tense battle for justice between Shiba, who is in despair of society and commits crimes according to his own beliefs, and Otomo, who hunts Shiba down in the name of the law. The film also stars such talented actors as Osamu Suzuka, Maki Sakai, Naho Toda, Yumiko Fujita, and Akira Emoto. This is a shocking and moving social entertainment film that questions the nature of family and the meaning of human dignity in today's society. --The bodies of an elderly man and the director of a home-care center are found in a house in the early morning. The investigation leads to Munenori Shiba ( Kenichi Matsuyama ), who works at the center. However, he was a devoted caregiver who was loved by the families he cared for. Prosecutor Hidemi Otomo ( Masami Nagasawa ) discovers that the home care center where Shiba works has an abnormally high mortality rate for the elderly in its care, and that more than 40 people have died at home since he started working there. Otomo confronts Shinba in order to uncover the truth. He claims that what he did was not "murder" but "salvation. Otomo is puzzled by this admission. Why did he kill so many elderly people? And what does he really mean by "salvation"? As Otomo investigates the families of the victims, she learns of the harsh reality of the caregivers' families, a reality that cannot be covered by social support. She then confronts the beliefs of Shiba with the justice of the law.

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日本では、65歳以上の高齢者が人口の3割近くを占め、介護を巡る事件は後を絶たない。この問題に鋭く切り込んだ葉真中顕の第16回日本ミステリー文学大賞新人賞受賞作を、「こんな夜更けにバナナかよ 愛しき実話」、「そして、バトンは渡された」「老後の資金がありません!」の前田哲監督が映画化。誰からも慕われていた介護士でありながら、42人を殺めた殺人犯・斯波宗典役に松山ケンイチ。その彼を裁こうとする検事・大友秀美役に長澤まさみ。社会に絶望し、自らの信念に従って犯行を重ねる斯波と、法の名のもとに斯波を追い詰める大友の、互いの正義をかけた緊迫のバトルを初共演の二人が入魂の演技で繰り広げる。他に鈴鹿央士、坂井真紀、戸田菜穂、藤田弓子、柄本明といった実力派俳優が出演。現代社会に、家族のあり方と人の尊厳の意味を問いかける、衝撃と感動の社会派エンターテインメント。――早朝の民家で老人と訪問介護センターの所長の死体が発見された。捜査線上に浮かんだのは、センターで働く斯波宗典(松山ケンイチ)。だが、彼は介護家族に慕われる献身的な介護士だった。検事の大友秀美(長澤まさみ)は、斯波が勤めるその訪問介護センターが世話している老人の死亡率が異常に高く、彼が働き始めてからの自宅での死者が40人を超えることを突き止めた。真実を明らかにするため、斯波と対峙する大友。すると斯波は、自分がしたことは『殺人』ではなく、『救い』だと主張した。その告白に戸惑う大友。彼は何故多くの老人を殺めたのか?そして彼が言う『救い』の真意とは何なのか? 被害者の家族を調査するうちに、社会的なサポートでは賄いきれない、介護家族の厳しい現実を知る大友。そして彼女は、法の正義のもと斯波の信念と向き合っていく。

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