Ningen no Shoumei
Movie
人間の証明 2017/04/02
Character count17,237
Word count7,511
Unique words1,705
Words (1-occurrence)897
Unique kanji841
Kanji (1-occurrence)257
Difficulty beta Moderate

In Tokyo, 1974, a young African American is found dead in a lift. A knife is stuck deep into his chest and a streak of tear is running down his cheek. A policeman, Munesue starts to investigate the case. On the same day, there is a grand reception party held on the top floor by Kyoko, a popular beautician adored by everyone as an ideal wife and mother. The investigation reveals the victim was raised in a ghetto in NY, was able to speak a little Japanese, and his dying words was “su to u ha.” Startling connection between him and Kyoko is to be revealed…

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