The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino

A high level battle of wits ensues as Ishigami tries to protect Yasuko by outmaneuvering and outthinking Yukawa, who faces his most clever and determined opponent yet. After a happy reunion with Ishigami, for whom he has high admiration, he begins to doubt whether Ishigami had something to do with the murder, and decides to investigate the case on his own. However, hearing that his genius classmate, Ishigami is the neighbour of the suspect, Yukawa changes his mind. Detective Kaoru Utsumi ( Kō Shibasaki) and her superior Detective Shunpei Kusanagi seeks the help of Professor Manabu Yukawa ( Masaharu Fukuyama), who seeing the case has nothing to do with physics, initially refuses to help. When the body turns up and is identified, Yasuko comes under suspicion. He not only disposes the body, but also plots the cover-up step-by-step. Overhearing the commotion from his room and deducing that Togashi has been killed, Ishigami offers his help to the mother and daughter. When Togashi (Yasuko's abusive ex-husband) shows up one night to extort money from Yasuko, threatening both her and her teenaged daughter Misato, the situation quickly escalates into violence and Togashi is killed by mother and daughter on the apartment floor. Ishigami is solemn and introverted, and his morning exchanges with Yasuko from whose restaurant he buys lunch, is the brightest part of his day.

Tetsuya Ishigami ( Shinichi Tsutsumi) is a reclusive, but brilliant mathematics teacher, who lives next door of Yasuko and Misato (Yasuko's daughter).

Yasuko Hanaoka ( Yasuko Matsuyuki) is a divorced, single mother who owns a restaurant. Suspect X was the first of several film adaptations of The Devotion of Suspect X, followed by film adaptations such as Perfect Number (2012) from South Korea and Kolaigaran (2019) from India.Ī murder has occurred and the police are unable to find loopholes in the alibi of the main suspect, thus creating obstacles in the investigation. The soundtrack was released on October 1, 2008.

It topped Japan's box office for four consecutive weeks and was the third-highest-grossing Japanese movie in 2008. The film was a continuation of the popular Japanese serial drama Galileo and included the same cast. Suspect X ( 容疑者Xの献身, Yōgisha Ekkusu no Kenshin) is a 2008 Japanese mystery-thriller film based on the novel, The Devotion of Suspect X, directed by Hiroshi Nishitani.

The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino