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Elevator to the Gallows

Elevator to the Gallows

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 9, 2010

Runtime

1h 52m

Genres

Thriller, Mystery

User Score

71%

Original Title

死刑台のエレベーター

Production Companies

Ogura Jimusyo Co.

Director

Akira Ogata

Description

A phone conversation occurs between a man and a woman. They both state their love for each other and that they will do this so they can be together. The woman is in a hotel room with a view of the port. The man is inside of a parked car with a view of the ocean. A man named Colonel appears and hands the man a box with a loaded gun inside. The Colonel states "its a present from the witch". The woman's name is Meiko (Michiko Kichise) and she is the young wife of Takamitsu Temiyako (Takamitsu Temiyako) - president of a large medical corporation. The man in the parked car is Dr. Tokito Takahiko (Hiroshi Abe) an employee of the large medical corporation. This evening, Meiko and Tokito will implement their plan to murder Meiko's husband and frame his death as a suicide.