Concrete (コンクリート) 20 years old

A high-school girl is kidnapped by gang lords and held captive for several months. Over this time, she repeatedly beaten, raped, and tortured. On the 25th of November 1988, four youths abducted and held Furuta Junko in the house of one of the captors. Subjected to rape, torture, and humiliation, Junko had no hope of escape as the manhunt was stalled by the captors forcing her to tell her parents that she was ok. For 41 harrowing days, Junko had to endure unimaginable suffering at the hands of these four individuals. Finally, after losing in a game of mahjong solitaire, they beat her with an iron dumbbell and set on fire with lighter fluid. She died later that day from shock. In an attempt to hide their crime they buried her in cement and thus the name 'Concrete Encased High School Murder Case' was born as Japan had to confront the horrors of this crime. The perpetrators disposed the drum in a tract of reclaimed land in Koto, Tokyo.

Credits

Concrete Cast

Name Character
Toshiya Nagasawa He was 42, now 62 years old
Katsuya Kobayashi He was 22, now 42 years old
Sousuke Takaoka He was 22, now 42 years old as Tatsuo Oosugi
Akihiro Nakatani He was 44, now 65 years old
Masanori Machida He was 49, now 69 years old
Kazutomo Nakatsukasa
Miki Komori She was 21, now 41 years old as Misaki / Female high-school student
Naomi Oki She was 44, now 64 years old

Concrete Crew

Name Department
Hiroshi Kanno as Screenplay. He was 38 (now 58) years old Writing
Concrete poster
Concrete (20 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, February 11, 2004
  • Runtime: 113 minutes