

The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder - Part 1 2007
Directed by Takuya Nonaka
- Animation, Action, Crime, Romance
- 60 min
"Have you ever wanted to kill someone?"
August 1995: Mikiya first meets Shiki in a white kimono during a snowing day. Later on, at the high school freshmen ceremony, Mikiya sees Shiki in the crowd and chases after her, introducing himself to her. But Shiki hides a big secret: A wave of bizarre murders occur around many loose ends, and no suspects. there are still many questions: Who to believe? Who is the murderer? What is the secret of Shiki? and especially: Who is SHIKI?
- Graphic violence
- Body horror
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- gravecomic
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- classical in formformally daring
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Cast
- Maaya SakamotoShiki Ryougi (voice)
- Kenichi SuzumuraMikiya Kokutou (voice)
- Jouji NakataSouren Araya (voice)
- Takako HondaTouko Aozaki (voice)
- Hiroki TouchiDaisuke Akimi (voice)
- Makoto YasumuraAkitaka (voice)
- Soichiro HoshiLio Shirazumi (voice)
- Kenji TakahashiGakuto (voice)
- Ryo SugisakiShiki's father (voice)
- Kaori AkashiKokutou's mother (voice)
Crew
- Takuya NonakaDirector
- Masaki HiramatsuScreenplay
- Kinoko NasuNovel
- Yuichi TeraoDirector of Photography
- Seiji MatsudaDirector of Photography
- Yuki KajiuraOriginal Music Composer
- Manabu KaminoEditor
- Hikaru KondouProducer
- Masayuki HaryuProducer
- Takashi TakeuchiProducer
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