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Oboe no Nai Satsujin

Oboe no Nai Satsujin

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Oboe no Nai Satsujin

2025

1h 29m

7.0(1 votes)

TV Movie

Mystery

Drama

Overview

An ex-cop suffering from dementia is marked by detectives pursuing a murder case. It is a case that he does not remember at all, but he has a strong motive for committing the crime... Is he really the murderer?

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NHK Enterprises

NHK

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7 featured cast members

Starring

Kaoru Kobayashi

Kaoru Kobayashi

Machiko Ono

Machiko Ono

Jun Hashimoto

Jun Hashimoto

Takumi Matsuzawa

Takumi Matsuzawa

Riho Sayashi

Riho Sayashi

Noriko Nakagoshi

Noriko Nakagoshi

Mariko Tsutsui

Mariko Tsutsui

Creative team

Directed by: Hiroshi Kataoka
Written by: Mika Ohmori

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