# Keiho (1999)

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**Original title**: *39 刑法第三十九条*
**Runtime**: 133 min
**Genres**: Drama, Crime
**Directed by**: Yoshimitsu Morita
**Written by**: Sumio Ōmori
**Starring**: Kyoka Suzuki, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Ittoku Kishibe, Hideko Yoshida, Mirai Yamamoto, Masanobu Katsumura

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You’re a forensic psychiatrist called in to evaluate a rising actor caught in two brutal killings. He’s slurring past tense verbs in perfect courtroom Japanese but the crime scene script is flawless. A single clause in the penal code rewrites the indictment from insanity to premeditation. Morita frames the trial as performance art where the script is the true weapon.

**Mood tags**: cerebral, paranoid, raw

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