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The Negotiator (2003)
Directed by Takashi Miike
Crime, Thriller, Drama, TV Movie · 1h 47m
After a convenience store robbery, three unidentified men hold a group of people hostage in a hospital. Inspector Ishida and Captain Tohno handle the negotiations while one of their colleagues, Lt. Ando, tries to find out why the men decided to take the hospital hostage. Through flashbacks, relevant information is revealed to the audience. When the negotiations are finished, most things seem to be fine until they lose track of the criminals. Then, the story unveils from a different perspective, its roots in feelings of love and vengeance.
Cast
Hiroshi Mikami
Mayu Tsuruta
Shiro Sano
Kenichi Endo
Masatô Ibu
Renji Ishibashi
Kumi Nakamura
Shigemitsu Ogi
Yoji Tanaka
Tokie Hidari
Crew
- Director
- Takashi Miike
- Screenplay
- Kota Yamada
- Novel
- Takahisa Igarashi
- Director of Photography
- Kazushige Tanaka
- Original Music Composer
- Koji Endo
- Editor
- Yasushi Shimamura
Details
- Original title
- 交渉人
- Release date
- 2003-08-17
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller, Drama, TV Movie
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Excellent Film, WOWOW