The CODE (2008)

Original Title: The CODE
English Title: The CODE
Genre: Action
Format: 35 mm / 124 min / Color
Year of Production: 2008
Release Date (Japan): May 9, 2008
Production Company: 2008 THE CODE PROJECT
Director: Kaizo Hayashi
Producers: Hiroki Ohwada / Yasushi Minatoya / Ayumi Kuyama
Screenplay: Kaizo Hayashi / Tomihiko Tokunaga / Shinji Kuma
Director of Photography: Takahide Shibanushi
Music: MEYNA Co.
Main Cast: Kikunosuke Onoe / Izumi Inamori / Joe Shishido

Synopsis

In Shanghai, Detective 507, a genius at breaking codes, is challenged with a dangerous mission! Detective Office 5 (DO5) has a rich 60-year history of crime solving. Even among brilliant and strange detectives, "Detective 507" exceeds in his ability at code breaking. One day, he receives from a Chinese man a code pattern he has never seen before. The fascinated 507 flies immediately to Shanghai. In there, many people contact 507, such as the Shanghai Mafia "Seiryu", a female professional club singer "Meilan", an "informer" that nobody knows whether he is an ally or not, and a mysterious old "sniper". 507 becomes deeply absorbed in the dangerous work, and as he comes closer to the mystery, he uncovers a shattering truth.

About the Director

Kaizo Hayashi was born in Kyoto in 1957. His first short film, "Sleep So As To Dream (1985)", won international acclaim, and he became steadfastly known with the films like "The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1993)" and "Stairway to the Distant Past (1994)" featuring Maiku Hama, a detective. Not only does he write and direct, he also produced "A Forest With No Name (2002)". Once being a detective himself, Kaizo Hayashi has made numerous sleuth films. Whether it’s writing, directing, or producing, he reminds us that every nightmare has a silver lining. His fascinating contributions to film have earned him many fans throughout Asia.

Sales Company

Dream Kid, Inc.
Contact: Naotaka Yanagawa (International Sales)
Email: nao.yanagawa@dreamkid.co.jp
Phone: +81-3-5537-6726
www.dreamkid.co.jp

About the Sales Company

Dream Kid, Inc. was established in 2004. Hiroki Ohwada is the central member of this company and due to his prior experience in the IT business, he began producing both short and feature films for the Internet. Since 2005, he started the "Detective Office 5" project (100 short episodes, and some feature films) with director Kaizo Hayashi. The project has attracted a lot of attention in Japan and it has been also released in Taiwan, China, Korea and many other countries since 2007. We have introduced the "Detective Office 5" project at the Japan booth during AFM 2007 and EFM 2008.

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