Crime or Punishment?!? 
Romaji: Tsumi Toka Batsu Toka
Japanese: 罪とか罰とか
Release Date: 28th February 2009 (Japan),
Running Time: 110 mins.
Director: Keralino Sandorovich
Writer: Keralino Sandorovich
Starring: Riko Narumi, Kento Nagayama Sakura Ando, Inuko Inuyama, Koji Ookuram Megumi Okina, Eriko Sato, Kumiko Aso, Yasunori Danta
The film starts with the quote:
“It must be some mistake, that’s the only hope” (from Franz Kafka’s The Trial)
Kafka? Don’t worry, Crime or Punishment?!? is not a grim existentialist tale but an absurd and surreal comedy.
The name of the writer-director is Keralino Sandorovich. It might sound Russian but he’s actually a Japanese comedian/theatre director. Crime or Punishment!?! is his third feature film and it carries a simple message: stop relying on others and assert yourself. The film delivers this message in an existential candy-coloured adventure which is filled with accidents, murder, bizarre coincidences and surreal incongruities.
Genkinahito 