the story flows from a student’s accidental discovery of a handgun, right when she needs it, through to the slaying of a neighbor, and to a police chase. Along the way the back story of both the gun and the woman become clearer.
The film stars “Shoplifters” standout Lily Franky as a detective, alongside Kyoko Hinami and Koichi Sato. It is conceived as a sequel of sorts to Take’s “The Gun” which also started with the discovery of a weapon, and was presented at the autumn 2018 edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival. Heading to a commercial release, through the powerful Toho, “The Gun 2020” is one of two additions to the sales slate ofThe film pitches together a disillusioned high school student and his shining star female classmate. Both are prodigies who have written novels, but with contrasting levels of success. When the two are forced to work together on their next book they are obliged to discover more about themselves, each other and, eventually their secrets.