

Pro boxer Aoshima Toru is diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor and given three months to live. He uses his prize money to pay the medical expenses for a young boy with polio. But when Toru learns from his fiancee Itsuko that his own mother has died, things take a turn for the worse.

Kyōsuke Machida
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Lead
Teruo Yoshida
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Bunta Sugawara
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Haruko Wanibuchi
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Miyuki Kuwano
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Naoko Kubo
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Tōru Abe
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Tatsuya Ishiguro
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“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Umetsugu Inoue's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. Melody of Crime is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”