Source: Warner Bros. Pictures Japan Official Site: amen-byoto.jp (Japan)

A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE

Warner Bros. Pictures Japan has provided information and photos from the thriller MASKED WARD (????, Kamen Byoto). The feature film adaptation of the graphically realistic -- and best selling -- medical mystery novel by real-life doctor Mikito Chinen, the movie depicts the heart-stopping battles of a doctor confronting a vicious criminal in a barred-off former psychiatric hospital. MASKED WARD opens in Japanese cinemas this weekend. STORY On-call substitute doctor Hayami (Kentaro Sakaguchi) suddenly finds himself faced with a terrifying criminal in a clown mask. The assailant demands that Hayami treat injured high school student Hitomi (Mei Nagano). The perpetrator sets siege to the building and Hayami finds himself confined with 64 unknown patients. CREDITS Japanese Theatrical Release: Friday, March 6, 2020 (Nationwide Roadshow) Cast Shugo Hayami: Kentaro Sakaguchi Hitomi Kawasaki: Mei Nagano Kaori Sasaki: Rio Uchida Ryoko Higashino: Noriko Eguchi Aki Asakura Takehiko Ono Kosuke Suzuki Tsukasa Kosakai: Ryohei Otani Director Tadokoro: Masanobu Takashima Staff Director: Hisashi Kimura Original Story: Masked Ward by Mikito Chinen (Published by Jitsugyo no Nihonsha Bunko) Screenplay: Mikito Chinen, Hisashi Kimura Producers: Masayuki Morikawa, Ikumi Taguchi Cinematographer: Yoshihito Kasai Editor: Takashi Tominaga Music: Yutaka Yamada Theme Song: "AS ONE" by UVERworld (Sony Music Labels) Production Company: "Masked Ward" Film Partners Production Studio: Fine Entertainment Distributor (Japan): Warner Bros. Pictures Japan ©2020 "Masked Ward" Film Partners