Your Turn to Kill: The Movie
Your Turn to Kill: The Movie (Japanese: あなたの番です 劇場版, Hepburn: Anata no Ban Death: Gekijoban) is a 2021 Japanese thriller film directed by Noriyoshi Sakuma. The film serves as a cinematic expansion of the 2019 television drama series Your Turn to Kill (Anata no Ban Desu), which aired on Nippon TV.
Plot
The film presents an alternative narrative trajectory compared to the original television series. It explores a scenario where the newlyweds Nana (Tomoyo Harada) and Shota (Kei Tanaka) move into their new apartment, but the central "exchange murder game" that drove the plot of the television series does not occur. The story focuses on the consequences of Shota attending the residents' meeting instead of Nana, leading to a different sequence of events.
Production
The film was produced by Hiroe Suzuma, Masanori Matsuyama, and Kei Kushiyama, with a screenplay written by Mitsunori Fukuhara. The cinematography was handled by Yasuhito Miyazaki. The production was distributed by Toho and released in Japanese theaters on December 10, 2021, with a total runtime of 142 minutes.
Cast
The film features the return of the main cast from the television series, including:
- Tomoyo Harada as Nana Tezuka
- Kei Tanaka as Shota Tezuka
- Ryusei Yokohama as Shinobu Nikaido
- Mugi Kadowaki as Yu Urabe
- Katsuhisa Namase as Junichiro Tamiya
