Movie: The Wings of the Kirin Romaji: Kirin no Tsubasa: Gekijoban Shinzanmono Japanese: 麒麟の翼 ～劇場版・新参者～ Director: Nobuhiro Doi Assistant Director: Yasukazu Sugiyama Writer: Keigo Higashino (novel), Takeharu Sakurai Producer: Jun Nasuda, Hidenori Iyoda, Junichi Shindo, Kazuya Hamana Cinematographer: Hideo Yamamoto World Premiere: October, 2011 (Tokyo International Film Festival) Release Date: January 28, 2012 Runtime: 129 min. Genre: Mystery / Drama Distributor: Toho Language: Japanese Country: Japan **Plot** A man's body is found under the statue of a giraffe with wings in the Nihombashi area of Tokyo. A suspect named Yashima has a car accident and falls unconscious while he is attempting to run away. Yashima's lover Kaori comes from Fukushima and tells detectives that he is absolutely not a criminal. Meanwhile, Detective Kyoichiro Kaga's (Hiroshi Abe) investigates and uncovers a point of contact between the dead body and Yashima. A hidden fact of the victim is revealed which even his children did not know about ... **Notes** "Kirin no Tsubasa: Gekijoban Shinzanmono" is based on Keigo Higashino's "Kyoichiro Kaga" mystery series novels. Specifically the 9th novel in that series "Kirin no Tsubasa". Filming began May 12, 2011 **Related titles:** Shinzanmono (TBS / 2010) Akai Yubi - Shinzanmono Kaga Kyouichiro Futatabi! (TBS / 2011) Kirin no Tsubasa: Gekijoban Shinzanmono (2012) Nemuri no Mori - Shinzanmono Special (TBS / 2014) **Cast** Hiroshi Abe as Kyoichiro Kaga Yui Aragaki as Kaori Nakahara Junpei Mizobata as Yuhei Matsumiya Tori Matsuzaka as Yuto Aoyagi Masaki Suda as Tomoyuki Yoshinaga Kento Yamazaki as Tatsuya Sugino Tokio Emoto as Shyogo Yokota Seika Taketomi as Haruka Aoyagi Seiya as Shota Kurosawa Meisa Kuroki as Ami Aoyama Tsutomu Yamazaki as Takamasa Kaga Takahiro Miura as Huyuki Yajima Hitori Gekidan as Hajime Itokawa Natsuko Akiyama as Mieko Yoshinaga Shingo Tsurumi as Yukio Kodake Yutaka Matsushige as Kobayashi Rena Tanaka as Tokiko Kanamori Kiichi Nakai as Takeaki Aoyagi