Lakeside Murder Case

Lakeside Murder Case , Reikusaido md ksu? is a 2004 Japanese mystery film directed by Shinji Aoyama, starring Koji Yakusho, Hiroko Yakushimaru and Etsushi Toyokawa.

In an interview with Midnight Eye, the director Shinji Aoyama said, I wanted to talk about whether parents really understand their kids and viceversa. Thats really the most basic thing the film is about. In an interview with The Japan Times, he stated that it was a story about ordinary people, saying At first they dont understand anything then they find out little by little. Theres no professional detective. Everyone is an amateur. Its an allamateur mystery.Mark Shilling of The Japan Times gave the film 3.5 stars out of 5. He felt that the film was less a commercial whodunit with a gorgeous corpse than a dark, multilayered psychodrama, whose subjects include the ills of the Japanese educational system and the moral limits of parental love. However, he also noted that it was more mainstream than Shinji Aoyamas other films. He concluded by saying, the film does pose a timely question. In a winnertakeall society, how can one compete successfully and stay human? The answer may be staring us in the face, albeit from the bottom of a lake. Russell Edwards of Variety said, Koji Yakusho delivers yet another credible performance. Other thesps are solid and tech credits are excellent. ........

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