Suspect X

Japan Release: 2008
Running Time:
128 minutes

Suspect X


Japanese Title

容疑者Xの献身
[Yogisha X no Kenshin]

Distributor: Production:

Toho
Cine Bazaar / Fuji TV / Amuse / Bungeishunju / FNS27

A deceased man's body is found, beaten and burned beyond recognition. Local detective Kaoru Utsumi and her former colleague Shunpei Kusanagi are assigned to uncover the mystery behind the victim's identity. As the case heats up, physicist and university professor Manabu Yukawa - also known as the brilliant weirdo "Galileo" - starts an investigation of his own when his old school friend, the equally brilliant mathematician Tetsuya Ishigami, becomes involved in the case as a suspect. Now Yukawa must contend with a man not only driven forward by an ingenious mind, but also by a steadfast heart.

Live Action Science Fiction

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Titles

International Title

Suspect X

Initial US Title

Suspect X
US Distributor: Newport Beach Film Festival (2009) / Time: 128 Minutes

Alternate Titles

The Devotion of Suspect X
[Literal]



Staff

Cast

Directed by Hiroshi Nishitani
Writing credits Keigo Higashino, Yasushi Fukuda
Produced by Chihiro Kameyama
Music by Yugo Kanno, Masaharu Fukuyama
Cinematography by Hideo Yamamoto
Film Editing by Masaaki Yamamoto
Production Design by Kyoko Heya
Assistant Director Junya Ikegami
Manabu Yukawa, "Galileo" Masaharu Fukuyama
Kaoru Utsumi, Detective Ko Shibasaki
Shumpei Kusanagi Kazuki Kitamura
Yasuko Hanaoka Yasuko Matsuyuki
Tetsuya Ishigami Shinichi Tsutsumi
Kuniaki Kudo Dankan
Shinji Togashi Keishi Nagatsuka
Misato Hanaoka Miho Kanazawa
Hiromi Koribayashi Ikkei Watanabe
Shiro Yuge Hiroshi Shinagawa
Sakurako Shironouchi Miki Maya
Kensuke Murase Tsuyoshi Hayashi
Eita Mori Takahiro Ito

Posters


Box Office

Release Date: October 4, 2008 (Japan)
Opening Weekend: ¥542,235,862 / $5,146,164 (Japan, 410 Screens)
Total: ¥4,920,000,000 / $47,000,000 (Japan, Rough Figure)

DVDs and Blu-rays

Japan Region 2 The Devotion of Suspect X Standard Edition Amuse Soft Entertainment (2009)  
Japan Region 2 The Devotion of Suspect X Special Edition Amuse Soft Entertainment (2009)  
Japan Blu-Ray The Devotion of Suspect X Amuse Soft (2009)  

Background and Trivia

  • Is based off the novel The Devotion of Suspect X (ISBN: 4163238603) by Keigo Higashino, and acts as a continuation for season 1 of the 2007 Japanese television show Galileo.
  • Upon the end of its highly successful theatrical run, it became the 6th highest grossing movie of 2008 in Japan, topped only by Ponyo, Boys Over Flowers: Final, Departures, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and Red Cliff: Part I.