Orokamono no Mibun/Baka's Identity: A somewhat bleak, yet enjoyable crime thriller.
It's always nice to be pleasantly surprised by a movie from which you had very little to no expectations of. Such was the case when I recently sat down to watch the movie adaptation of Jun Nishio's 2019 novel, Orokamono no Mibun, otherwise known as Baka's Identity. Admittedly, I hadn't seen much of director Koto Nagata's previous work and as such, went in not knowing what to expect. What I did know was that two of the cast were the always great Go Ayano and Takumi Kitamura. The two had been a part of the enjoyable Yu Yu Yakusho live-action adaptation and it was fun to know that they were sharing the screen again, this time in a movie. Takuya Matsumoto and Mamoru Kakizaki are a couple of young swindlers. They seek out lonely, vulnerable men, posing as young ladies on social media platforms and connect with them. They do this via a collection of cell phones, each one for a different identity which they use to respond to each victim with a carefully crafted sweet-ta...
