AIBOU: The Movie (2008): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2008, AIBOU: The Movie is a thriller, drama and crime film directed by Seiji Izumi, running about 117 minutes.

What it’s about. A former TV presenter is murdered. On the same day, two police officers from the Metropolitan police Special Mission Task Force, Sugishita Ukyo (Yutaka Mizutani) and Kameyama Kaoru (Yasufumi Terawaki), are guarding a female Diet member, Katayama Hinako (Yoshino Kimura). The pair identifies explosives and saves her life. From the clues left at the scene, Sugishita builds up his case and finds a connection between the murder of the TV presenter and the attempted murder of the Diet member. During a painstaking investigation, the savage murder case of a young overseas volunteer five years earlier emerges in the background, and the pair prevents indiscriminate murder at the Tokyo Big City Marathon event by suppressing the perpetrator.

Who’s in it. AIBOU: The Movie stars Yasufumi Terawaki as Kaoru Kameyama, Yutaka Mizutani as Ukyo Sugishita, Sawa Suzuki as Miwako Kameyama and Takashi Yamanaka as Keiji Serizawa, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 7.3/10, AIBOU: The Movie has been warmly received by audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch AIBOU: The Movie page.

If you liked it. Fans of AIBOU: The Movie tend to enjoy The Dark Knight, Pulp Fiction, Parasite and Fight Club.