The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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The Snow White Murder Case
Drama · Mystery · Thriller · 2014
A beautiful cosmetics company employee is found dead in a gruesome state. What's more, it becomes apparent that one of the victim's colleagues, a homely woman named Miki, has gone missing. Television director Akaboshi attempts to interview as many of Miki's friends and acquaintances as he can find, eliciting miscellaneous information from them.
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The Snow White Murder Case
2014 Drama · Mystery · Thriller 2h 6m
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TMDB
6.4 / 10
Community rating
A beautiful cosmetics company employee is found dead in a gruesome state. What's more, it becomes apparent that one of the victim's colleagues, a homely woman named Miki, has gone missing. Television director Akaboshi attempts to interview as many of Miki's friends and acquaintances as he can find, eliciting miscellaneous information from them.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over The Snow White Murder Case?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Yoshihiro Nakamura
Written by
Tamio Hayashi
Mao Inoue
Miki Shirono
Go Ayano
Yuji Akahoshi
Misako Renbutsu
Risako Kano
Nanao
Noriko Miki
Shihori Kanjiya
Yuko Tanimura
Erena Ono
Emi Mitsushima
Mitsuki Tanimura
Minori Maetani
Court is in session
Put The Snow White Murder Case on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.