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The Crimes That Bind
73%
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1h 59m
AI Analysis
The Crimes That Bind (2018) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Crimes That Bind (2018) — a movie tagged as Mystery, Thriller, and Crime with cerebral and tense moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: Michiko Oshitani, who lived in Shiga Prefecture, is found dead at an apartment in Tokyo. She was strangled to death. Mutsuo Koshikawa is the owner of the apartment and he goes missing. Detectives including Yuhei Matsumiya who is a cousin of Detective Kyoichiro Kaga , have difficulties in solving the case. They can't… Our models also surface themes such as ai and family from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for solo focused viewing. Expect steady storytelling (~119 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Crimes That Bind 73% (53 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
Michiko Oshitani, who lived in Shiga Prefecture, is found dead at an apartment in Tokyo. She was strangled to death. Mutsuo Koshikawa is the owner of the apartment and he goes missing. Detectives including Yuhei Matsumiya who is a cousin of Detective Kyoichiro Kaga , have difficulties in solving the case. They can't find a connection between Michiko Oshitani and Mutsuo Koshikawa. They soon learn that Michiko Oshitani came to Tokyo to visit Hiromi Asai . They graduated from the same school, but there isn't a connection between Hiromi Asai and Mutsuo Koshikawa. Detective Yuhei Matsumiya finds something near Michiko Oshitani's body. That something has the names of 12 bridges surrounding the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo. Detective Kyoichiro Kaga learns of the clue and becomes agitated. There's a connection with his late mother
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2018-05-24
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- TMDB rating
- 7.3
- TMDB ID
- 479034
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Michiko Oshitani, who lived in Shiga Prefecture, is found dead at an apartment in Tokyo. She was strangled to death. Mutsuo Koshikawa is the owner of the apartment and he goes missing. Detectives i... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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The official runtime for The Crimes That Bind is approximately 119 minutes.
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