Ace Attorney (film)

Ace Attorney , Gyakuten Saiban? , lit. Turnabout Trial is a 2012 Japanese courtroom drama and comedy film, directed by Takashi Miike and based on the Capcom video game Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney. The film stars Hiroki Narimiya, Mirei Kiritani, and Takumi Saito. It made its premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam onFebruary 2012 and was released in Japanese cinemas onFebruary 2012. The US premiere was made at the Hawaii International Film Festival in April 2012. Miike has stated there are plans for an international release with both dubbing and subtitles available for each specific region.

Rookie defense attorney Phoenix Wright is thrust into the limelight after the murder of his mentor, Mia Fey. The accused murderer is Mias younger sister, Maya Fey, who comes from a family line of spirit mediums. Wright faces off with childhood friend and rival prosecutor Miles Edgeworth on the case. After some cross examination of a witness and interpretation of evidence at the crime scene, Maya is subsequently found Not Guilty of the crime.After getting Maya acquitted of the crime, Wright helps to defend Miles after he is accused of the murder of an attorney Robert Hammond at a lake. Evidence and witness testimony mostly hinging on a mysterious boat renter at the lake suggests that Miles is the killer of Hammond. But the case takes an unexpected turn as Wright unravels a related 15yearold mystery concerning the DL6 case, which focuses on Miles father Gregory Edgeworth. Gregory was found murdered in the courts basement evidence locker room Yanni Yogi, a Court Bailiff, is initially accused of murdering Gregory Edgeworth after discovering Gregory allegedly tampering with a gun used as evidence in a case. He is coerced into pleading not guilty by reason of insanity by Hammond in killing Gregory with the gun. The DL6 case ultimately destroys Yogis life, where he resorts to living as a hermit renting out boats at a lake. A package arrives to egg Yogi to take revenge, namely setting up the murder of Hammond by Miles. Yogi confesses to the ruse in open court, but Miles surprisingly admits he murdered his father, not Yogi. ........

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