Suzuki=Bakudan

Suzuki=Bakudan is a 2025 Japanese crime thriller film directed by Akira Nagai and based on Katsuhiro Go's novel of the same name. Starring Yuki Yamada, Jiro Sato, Sairi Ito, Shota Sometani, and Atsuro Watabe.

Plot

A middle-aged man, who calls himself Tagosaku Suzuki, is being interrogated on suspicion of assault. He claims to have psychic abilities and predicted that a bomb would soon explode somewhere in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. The prediction comes true. He then predicted that three more explosions would occur, one every hour. From this point forward, the police are dragged into Suzuki's game.

Cast

Yuki Yamada as Ruike
Jiro Sato as Tagosaku Suzuki
Sairi Ito as Sara Koda
Ryota Bando as Taito Yabuki
Shota Sometani as Isao Todoroki
Kanichiro as Ise
Bokuzō Masana as Tsuruku
Kataoka Sennosuke as Tatsuma Ishikawa
Seina Nakata as Miu Ishikawa
Masaya Kato as Yuko Hasebe
Yui Natsukawa as Asuka Ishikawa
Atsuro Watabe as Kiyomiya

Production

The original work is Katsuhiro Go's novel of the same title, which took 1st place in Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2023 and 4th place in the Japan Booksellers' Award 2023. Jiro Sato is known for heavily using ad-libs in comedy films directed by Yuichi Fukuda, but he did not use any ad-libs in this work.

Reception

Box office

The film was released on October 31, 2025, and earned at the box office over the first four days, which included a national holiday on Monday. It ranked second, following Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc. The box office revenue reached one month after its release.

Critical response

Film critic Rui Takeshima praised Jiro Sato's performance, saying, "Tagosaku Suzuki dominated the entire film, much like the Joker played by Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight."