The Kiss

Nov 22, 2007

1h 48m

★ 6.6

Overview

One day Kyoko watches television and sees a man turning himself in to the police after murdering a family. Something within Kyoko connects with the man, as she recognizes a similar soul. Despite the worries of the killer's lawyer, she approaches the killer and the two start corresponding.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Rumble Fish

Geneon Entertainment

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Cast

Kyoko Endo

Eiko Koike

Akimi Sakaguchi

Etsushi Toyokawa

Hasegawa

Toru Nakamura

Osamu Inoue

Takeshi Ōnishi

Tatsumi Sakaguchi

Saburo Shinoda

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