The movie is based on a non-fiction story titled "Kyoaku aru Shikeishu no Kokukatsu" (Confesssion of a violent death roll convict) where Yamada plays a magazine reporter by the name of Fujii who receives information from a death roll convict (Taki) about three other murders which were unknown to police and begins the hunt for the mastermind named Sensei (Lily). While chasing after the truth, Fujii finds himself sinking deeper into the world of evil.
Yamada revealed that when he first got the script, he was so interested in the character and agreed to the offer immediately. He also expressed his thanks for the original's author Miyamoto Taichi who wrote a letter praising him for his performance in the movie. Taki said that he was extremely reluctant to play the role of the convict especially since this character is modelled after a living person who is still in jail. However, he got persuaded by Lily to take on this role in the end. Lily then jokingly said that he didn't want to be the only person playing a baddie so he decided to get Taki to join him. The director Shiraishi commented that it was difficult to make a story about true events and in Japan, the conditions aren't that encouraging for such movies. As such, he hopes that the movie will do well and in turn bring about more variety in the world of Japanese films.
Source: Eiga.com
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