Sadao Abe & Kenshi Okada cast in movie “Sickness That Leads To The Death Penalty”

Sadao Abe and Kenshi Okada are cast in movie “Sickness That Leads To The Death Penalty” (literal title). The film is based on 2017 novel “Shikei ni Itaru Yamai” by Riu Kushiki and directed by Kazuya Shiraishi (“The Devil’s Path“). Sadao Abe will play a convicted serial killer on death row, while Kenshi Okada will play a college student who receives a letter from the serial killer.

“Sickness That Leads To The Death Penalty” will be released sometime next year in Japan.

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: Masaya (Kenshi Okada) is a university student, but he attends a school that’s not his ideal school. His days are generally gloomy. One day, he receives a letter from serial killer Shinmura (Sadao Abe). He was convicted for 8 murders and received the death penalty. Back when Shinmura was committing his murders, he ran a bakery store. At that time, Masaya was a middle school student and a customer at his bakery store. According to the letter, Shinmura confesses to having committed 8 murders, but he insists that he did not commit the last murder. Masaya begins to investigate the last murder case involving Shinmura.