The spectator is quickly led to question which face of Utsubo is his true face? Is his concern with the community just an act, a mere cover for his illegal work or for a grudge yet unknown? What makes Eguchi’s narrative so pleasant is the fact that the answers to these questions are kept, at least for a certain time, in suspense. Not much later, Misaki is approached by Utsubo and his new co-worker Isaki (Jun Kurose), concerning possible hidden cameras in her apartment. Then, one day, Akira Sato meets a girl in a wheelchair in the park, reminding him of a girl, Hinako Saba (Yurina Hirate), who he rescued after murdering her pimp four years ago. Unbeknownst to the public, heworks with contract killer Suzuki (Masanobu Ando) to extort people and murder others. Yet, he has not renounced his criminal ways. Meanwhile,Utsubo (Shinichi Tsutsumi), the sole survivor of Fable’s past executions, has built a successful career as the president of a NPO concerned with the safety of children. ![]() He fills his days with watching his favourite comedian Jackal Tomioka (Daisuke Miyagawa) on tv and with his part-time work at design company Octopus. Can Kan Eguchi please audiences once more with the action-rich adventures of the beloved hitman who does not kill?Īfter saving his beloved co-worker Misaki (Misaki Shimizu) out of the claws of the Yakuza, Akira Sato (Junichi Okada), also known as Fable, returns to his peaceful life with his ‘sister’ Yoko Sato(Fumino Kimura). While The Fable (2019) failed to become one of the ten most grossing films in Japan that year, the film’s financial success and its satisfying international reputation was sufficient for Shochiku to greenlight a sequel. In 2019, Kan Eguchi brought Katsuhisa Minami’s award-winning manga ‘ The Fable’, to the silver screen.
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