Irohanihoheto (1960)

Original title

いろはにほへと

Directed by

Noboru Nakamura

Genre

true crime

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 49m

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A police detective spends years investigating a financial organization that promises high returns to ordinary people. He struggles to gather solid evidence against the organization, whose leaders may be running a fraud scheme.

investigativesuspensefulbureaucraticgrittyslow-burnfrustratingearnestcynical

What happens

『いろはにほへと』は、ラジオ東京テレビ（KRテレビ。現・TBSテレビ）が1959年に制作・放送したテレビドラマ、および1960年に公開された映画。 保全経済会事件をモデルに、政治不信や人間社会の不条理を描いた作品。脚本は橋本忍。 理事長・天野竜一が率いる匿名組合投資経済会は、多くの庶民から金銭を集めて高額配当を行い、「日本における、庶民のための唯一の投資銀行」として名を馳せていた。その一方で、警視庁捜査二課の刑事・松本宗治は、この組織に疑問を感じて、幾年も経済会の内偵を行ってきた。しかしながら松本は、それらに対する事件性の確証を、なかなかつかめずにいた… (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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