Laplace's Witch

May 4, 2018

1h 55m

★ 6.3

Overview

An environmental analyst is asked by the police to determine if two deaths by hydrogen sulfide poisoning are an accident - or a murder. But when he meets a young woman at both sites, a scientific mystery begins.

Genres

Mystery

Crime

Science Fiction

Production Companies

TOHO

OLM

dentsu

J Storm

KADOKAWA

Toho Pictures

Raku Film

jeki

Tohan

KDDI

GYAO

Laplace's Witch Trailers

Cast

Shusuke Aoe

Sho Sakurai

Madoka Uhara

Suzu Hirose

Kento Amakasu

Sota Fukushi

Rei Kirimiya

Tao Okamoto

Zentaro Uhara

Lily Franky

Tetsu Okunishi

Mirai Shida

Yuji Nakaoka

Hiroshi Tamaki

Chisato Mizuki

Eriko Sato

Saisei Amakasu

Etsushi Toyokawa

Toru Takeo

Masanobu Takashima

Mina Uhara

Rei Dan

Shoji Omiya

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