# SPEC: Zero (2013)

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**Original title**: *SPEC〜零〜*
**Runtime**: 138 min
**Genres**: TV Movie, Drama, Comedy, Mystery, Fantasy
**Directed by**: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
**Written by**: Yumie Nishiogi
**Starring**: Erika Toda, Ryo Kase, Saki Fukuda, Yuu Tokui, Tetsushi Tanaka, Yu Shirota

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

The public security bureau in summer. A missing report lands on a new detective’s desk.

Her parents died in the same crash. The only thing left is the detective who whispered one word: spec.

Kurosawa’s Rashomon-esque sibling rivalry, but played like a crisp manga episode.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, mindfuck, paranoid, tender

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