A Bad Summer (Warui Natsu)

[Machine Translation] Civil servants, the darkest of the dark--only scum and bad guys show up! A masterpiece novel, now made into a movie! A crazy suspense entertainment depicting the fall to ruin and the horror that is "out there now"! The main character, Sasaki, is played by Takumi Kitamura, who has been a big hit in movies and TV dramas! Yumi Kawai plays Aimi, a single mother on the verge of abandoning her child, who is tricking Sasaki into committing a crime, Masataka Kubota plays Kanemoto, an underworld resident and the ringleader of a criminal plot, Marika Ito plays Miyata, Sasaki's colleague with a burning sense of justice, Katsuya Masakuma plays Takano, Sasaki's senior who forces Aimi to have a physical relationship with him, and Rika plays Kanemoto's mistress. The film features a cast of gorgeous actors and actresses, including Yumena Yanai as Rika, Kanemoto's mistress; Pistol Takehara as Yamada, a drug dealer who works for Kanemoto; and Haruka Kiminami as Kasumi Furukawa, a shoplifter with her son who is in dire straits. Based on the debut novel "Bad Summer" by Tamehito Somei, winner of the 37th Yokomizo Seishi Mystery Award for Excellence. Directed by Hideo Josada, a genius who has created many masterpieces. The screenplay is by Kosuke Mukai, who won the Best Screenplay Award at the Japan Academy Prize for "A Certain Man. --Mamoru Sasaki (Takumi Kitamura), who works in the welfare department of the city office, is asked by his colleague Miyata (Marika Ito) to help him get to the bottom of a case in which Takano (Katsuya Maikuma), a senior worker at the office, is forcing a female welfare recipient into a physical relationship. The serious and timid Sasaki finds Miyata's request troublesome, but is unable to refuse, and visits the woman, Aimi ( Yumi Kawai ), a single mother on the verge of abandonment. Aimi denies any relationship with Takano, but in fact, together with Kanemoto ( Masataka Kubota ), a resident of the underworld, his mistress Rika ( Yumena Yanai ), and her underling Yamada ( Pistol Takehara ), she is trying to be a part of a criminal scheme. Unaware of this, Sasaki gradually becomes attracted to Aimi. A nightmarish summer is about to begin for Sasaki when a needy girl, Kasumi (Haruka Kiminami), who has been shoplifting repeatedly, gets involved...

*Rated 12-and-over.

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公務員、闇堕ち―― クズとワルしか出てこない! 傑作小説、まさかの映画化! 破滅への転落と"今そこにある"恐怖を描く狂乱サスペンス・エンターテインメント!! 主人公・佐々木を演じるのは、映画・ドラマの大ヒットが続く北村匠海! 色仕掛けで佐々木を犯罪へと巻き込んでゆく育児放棄寸前のシングルマザー・愛美を演じる河合優実をはじめ、裏社会の住人で犯罪計画の首謀者・金本役に窪田正孝、正義感に燃える佐々木の同僚・宮田役に伊藤万理華、愛美に肉体関係を強要する佐々木の先輩・高野役に毎熊克哉、金本の愛人・莉華役に箭内夢菜、金本の手下でドラッグの売人・山田役に竹原ピストル、息子と2人困窮した生活から万引きに手を染める古川佳澄役に木南晴夏など豪華俳優陣がクズを狂演! 原作は、第37回横溝正史ミステリ大賞優秀賞を受賞した染井為人のデビュー作「悪い夏」。監督は、数多くの傑作を作り上げてきた鬼才・城定秀夫。脚本は『ある男』で日本アカデミー賞最優秀脚本賞を受賞した俊英・向井康介。――市役所の生活福祉課に務める佐々木守 (北村匠海)は「職場の先輩・高野 (毎熊克哉)が生活保護受給者の女性に肉体関係を強要しているらしい」と同僚の宮田 (伊藤万理華)から相談を受け、真相究明の手伝いを頼まれる。真面目で気弱な佐々木は、正義感に燃える宮田の頼みを面倒くさいと思いながらも断ることができず、その女性、育児放棄寸前のシングルマザー・愛美 (河合優実)のもとを訪ねる。愛美は高野との関係を否定するが、実は裏社会の住人・金本 (窪田正孝)、その愛人の莉華 (箭内夢菜)、手下の山田 (竹原ピストル)と共に、ある犯罪計画の片棒を担ごうとしていた。そうとは知らず、徐々に愛美へと惹かれてゆく佐々木。ふとしたきっかけで万引きを繰り返すようになってしまった生活困窮者・佳澄 (木南晴夏)らを巻き込み、佐々木にとって悪夢のようなひと夏が始まろうとしていた・・・。