# Detective in the Bar (2013)

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**Original title**: *探偵はBARにいる2 ススキノ大交差点*
**Runtime**: 119 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Drama, Action
**Directed by**: Hajime Hashimoto
**Written by**: Ryota Kosawa, Yasushi Sutô
**Starring**: Yo Oizumi, Ryuhei Matsuda, Machiko Ono, Tomorowo Taguchi, Kazuki Namioka, Atsuro Watabe

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Three decades of jazz standards couldn’t mute the truth forever. After a friend’s unsolved murder throws a whiskey-sour light on city hall backroom deals, a shamus finds an old flame leading him to the same neon-soaked trail. Someone finally booked that reservation at the bottom of the river.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, neon-soaked, raw

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