The Hunter and the Hunted

Jin (Yakusho), a young, widowed police detective who is thinking of leaving the force to better take care of his 8 year old daughter Misaki (Kanno), by chance arrests Neko (Emoto), an accomplished middle aged burglar who has just fixed Misaki's bicycle. After Neko has several weeks to see Jin in the interrogation room, he decides to confess to Jin and teach him how to become a capable detective and worthy adversary. By the time Neko serves his 10 year sentence, Jin is a highly regarded detective and they can they start their contest in earnest.

• Release date
• January 17, 2004
• Runtime
• 110 min
• Genres
• Comedy, Drama
• Director
• Izuru Narushima

Cast

Koji Yakusho Detective Jin Akira Emoto Neko Yui Natsukawa Makiko