“Strange” the pilot of “The Ideal Suspect”

5 min. MiniDV Colour 2000
Based on the French mystery novel “L’amour à la carte” written by Catherine Arley
Written, Edited, and Directed by Toshiro MATSUNAGA
Director of Photography Hideho URATA

Synopsis
A man gets into a heated argument with his girlfriend in his car on his way home and leaves her on the street late at night. The next morning, a woman’s body is found at the same spot, her face unrecognizable after being run over by a car. The man’s car is left with scratches, his girlfriend is still missing. He becomes an ideal suspect, but he is shocked to find that even his own brother thinks he is a murderer.