Hana to Arisu satsujin jiken

Feb 20 2015 N/A 1h 40m
Animation, Drama

A Japanese girl struggling to fit in at her new school teams up with a reclusive neighbor to find out what happened to an upperclassman who disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

Plot

After her parents separate, 14 year-old Tetsuko (who will soon be nick-named Alice) moves with her mother to a new town in what she calls "The Boonies" and must enroll as a transfer student in a new middle school. She immediately finds herself bullied due being assigned the seat of "Judas" who is said to have been murdered over a year before. She is told that if anybody knows his fate it would be Hana, the recluse in the house next door, who has been unable to bring herself to attend class since "Judas" disappeared.

Written by

Shunji Iwai

Directed by

Shunji Iwai

Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

Production I.G, CoMix Wave Films, Steve N'Steven

Languages

Awards

2 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
2,472
Average Rating
7.1 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA