Once Upon a Crime (2023)
Grade: Aa
Format: Film
Genre: Fantasy; Comedy; Crime
Studio: CREDEUS
Source: novel
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In a fairy-tale world where Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood exist side by side, the two meet on the way to a royal ball — only to stumble upon a corpse in the woods, turning the evening into a whodunit where Red Riding Hood plays detective and everyone, including the Prince and Cinderella herself, is a suspect. The film plays the murder mystery as broad comedy, using the familiar logic of fairy tales to subvert audience expectations about who's innocent and who's guilty. A fantasy-comedy-mystery directed by Yūichi Fukuda (known for slapstick hits like Kyō Kara Ore Wa!!), adapted from the
Cast
- Kanna Hashimoto
- Yuko Araki
- Takanori Iwata
- Natsuna
- Yumi Wakatsuki