The Man Behind the Scissors

Top 10 Billed Cast

Etsushi Toyokawa
豊川悦司

Yasunaga

Kumiko Aso
麻生久美子

Chika

Hiroshi Abe
阿部寛

Horinouchi

Koji Higuchi
Koji Higuchi

Isobe

Kenjirou Ishimaru
石丸謙二郎

Terumi Niki
二木てるみ

Miyuki Ono
小野みゆき

Ayumu Saito
斎藤歩

Hidaka

Mizuho Sakata
Mizuho Sakata

Yukiko

Minori Terada
寺田農

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    The Man Behind the Scissors centers around two serial killers: mastermind Yasunaga and helper Chinatsu. The two risk being found out when the police question them as witnesses to a gruesome murder they themselves may have committed. A quirky and perplexing police thriller centered around two murderers who thrive on slicing up schoolgirls. Calculated serial psycho Yasunaga (Tokokawa) and Chinatsu (Aso), his sweet female sidekick, find themselves being questioned as witnesses to a murder when their next potential victim turns up dead...with their M.O.

  • Release Date

    2005-03-19

  • Average

    4.9

  • Rating:

    2.5 starts
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    日本語
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