Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel

Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel

110 mins | Drama, Crime, Mystery, TV Movie | Jan. 19, 2014

In 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective Rokuro Fujisawa takes charge of the investigation with a young detective Ichimura and his investigations lead him to Father Tolbeck as a suspect. But the police are forced to move very discreetly as the time was right after the Second World War, when a sensitive situation that involves Western people and religion is likely to become an international issue. The investigation leads to an unexpected discloser of a shadowy business behind the church that reflects the uncertainty of the time.

Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel

110 mins | Drama, Crime, Mystery, TV Movie | Jan. 19, 2014

Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
In 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective Rokuro Fujisawa takes charge of the investigation with a young detective Ichimura and his investigations lead him to Father Tolbeck as a suspect. But the police are forced to move very discreetly as the time was right after the Second World War, when a sensitive situation that involves Western people and religion is likely to become an international issue. The investigation leads to an unexpected discloser of a shadowy business behind the church that reflects the uncertainty of the time.
Producers tv asahi
Original title 黒い福音
Directors Kan Ishibashi
Writers Kenichi Onishi, Masahiro Yoshimoto, Seicho Matsumoto

Cast

Takeshi Kitano

as Rokuro Fujisawa

Eita Nagayama

as Yoshitaka Ichimura

Eiko Koike

as Yoko Fujisawa

Yûko Takeuchi

as Yasuko Ehara

Masatō Ibu

as Narrator (voice)