Last Winter, We Parted
"Last Winter, We Parted" (Japanese: 去年の冬、きみと別れ, Hepburn: Kyonen no fuyu Kimi to wakare)is a 2018 Crime film directed by Tomoyuki Takimoto, based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Fuminori Nakamura. The film stars Takanori Iwata, Mizuki Yamamoto and Takumi Saitoh. The film is distributed by WARNER BROS. PICTURES JAPAN and was released in Japan on March 10, 2018, and was released in Hong Kong on June 28 of the same year. Plot. Kyosuke Yakumo, a young reporter looking for a scoop, is preparing the wedding to his beloved Yuriko while continuing his chase  to talented photographer Yudai Kiharazaka. Kiharazaka is the prime suspect of a still riddle-laden incident involving the death of a beautiful blind woman in a fire, and Yakumo manages to interview him so that he can writes a book about the case. The closer Yakumo gets to the truth, the deeper he plunges into Kiharazaka's devilry. Meanwhile, his fiancée Yuriko is falling slowly to a trap... Release. "Last Winter, We Parted" had its Japanese premiere on February 21, 2021 at Tokyo Dome City Hall, and was released in Japan on March 10. It was released in Hong Kong  on June 28 of the same year, and was shown on Shanghai International Film Festival. Marketing. The film was announced on August 1, 2017 as the film adaption of the award-winning novel of the same title, with Takanori Iwata leading and Mizuki Yamamoto, Takumi Saitoh joining the cast. A teaser was released on October 2,2017, and the poster of the film was released later on October 24. On December 15, it was announced that m-flo would provide the theme song for the film, and a trailer using that song as background music was released on January 22, 2018 . The main cast of the film including Takanori Iwata, Mizuki Yamamoto and Takumi Saitoh also attended a series of special greeting event before and after the release of the film in cinemas of Tokyo to promote it.