Killer Bride's Perfect Crime (2009): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2009, Killer Bride's Perfect Crime is a comedy, drama and romance film directed by Goro Kishitani, running about 97 minutes.

What it’s about. Hiroko is about to get married to the handsome Kenichiro when disaster strikes. Her landlord stops by the happy bride-to-be’s apartment where a pair of wayward scissors falls from a shelf and stabs him in the back as he bends forward to pick something up. His body begins to stiffen even before Hiroko realizes what has happened. On the road to Mount Fuji where Hiroko intends to dump the corpse, something falls on the hood of her car out of the blue. That “something” is Fukuko Kobayashi (Yoshino Kimura), who is dying to… die. Fukuko believes that she is irredeemably unhappy and has endeavored to commit suicide again and again. As Hiroko and Fukuko begin their journey to abandon the corpse, a weird friendship begins to build.

Who’s in it. Killer Bride's Perfect Crime stars Juri Ueno as Hiroko Numashiri, Yoshino Kimura as Fukuko Kobayashi, Ayaka Komatsu as Ayaka and Reiko Takashima as Haruhi, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 4.9/10, Killer Bride's Perfect Crime has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Killer Bride's Perfect Crime page.

If you liked it. Fans of Killer Bride's Perfect Crime tend to enjoy Forrest Gump, Parasite, Life Is Beautiful and Fight Club.