Copycat Killer (movie)
模倣犯- User score: 7.2
- Production country: Japan
- Producer: Yoshimitsu Morita
- Production companies: Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Mainichi Shimbun, Mohohan Seisaku Iinkai, Nippan Group Holdings, TOHO, Shogakukan, Tokyo FM, Nippon Television Network Corporation
- Genre: Crime, Drama
- Release date: 6/8/2002
- Run time: 123 min.
Movie description
Masahiro Nakai (SMAP) stars in this hit film based on the best-selling novel by Miyuki Miyabe. Directed by Yoshimitsu Morita, the film also stars Tsutomu Yamazaki and Yoshino Kimura. The title “Mohouhan” means “copycat”, and it tells the story of a criminal who abducts and kills women, and those who try to catch him. Nakai is cast as a cold-blooded, intelligent and evil guy who uses the media to announce and show his murders live to the public.
