The movie "Destroying the Alibi" is a mystery drama adapted from the novel of the same name by Seiichiro Oyama. Produced by TV Asahi, it is directed by Hayato Kawai, Kazunari Hoshino, and Yuji Nakamae, with Izumi Yoshihiro and Yu Kanda serving as screenwriters. Minami Hamabe stars in the film, which premiered on February 1, 2020.
The film tells the story of the protagonist, Mitani Tokino, who inherits her grandfather’s watch shop and embarks on a series of reasoning trips about time. She repairs the clock and reveals the truth of the case.
The background of the story is set in a town far from the city center. The young shopkeeper Mitani Tokino took over the watch shop left by his grandfather. She has a strong curiosity and a special sensitivity to time, and believes that people who work on clocks and watches are best suited to solve time-related problems. Thus, she began a unique detective career as a hidden detective investigating alibi cases.
At a price of 5,000 yen once, Mitani Tokino found flaws in the time-related alibi for the criminal police and helped them uncover the truth of the case. She is good at using the professional knowledge and reasoning ability of watch repair to solve various seemingly unsolvable cases. With the deepening of the investigation, Mitani Tokino gradually uncovered the mysteries hidden behind time one by one, making people marvel at her intelligence and unique detective methods.
The movie "Destroying the Alibi" will lead the audience into a thrilling reasoning world. In this story full of mysteries and challenges, Mitani Tokino will use her professional skills and wisdom to bring the audience a wonderful time journey.