Once upon a Crime (2023 film)

Once Upon a Crime is a 2023 Japanese fantasy comedy crime mystery film, starring Kanna Hashimoto and Yuko Araki in the main roles as Little Red Riding Hood and Cinderella, respectively. Directed by Yūichi Fukuda, the story combines the story elements of Cinderella and the Little Red Riding Hood, as the Little Red (Hashimoto) uses her investigative skills to try to solve the mystery behind the murder.

Once Upon a Crime
Directed by	Yūichi Fukuda
Based on	Akazukin, tabi no tochū de shitai to deau by Aito Aoyagi
Starring	Kanna Hashimoto Yuko Araki Takanori Iwata Mirei Kiritani
Distributed by	Netflix
Release date	September 19, 2023 (2023-09-19)
Running time	107 minutes
Language	Japanese

Premise

Little Red Riding Hood meets Cinderella in the woods. Together, they meet witches and express their desire to go to the ball at the castle. The witches give them pretty dresses, shoes and a carriage driven by an anthropomorphic mouse. On their way to castle, they run over a corpse and, upon a closer look, Little Red Riding Hood exercises her detective skills. They hide the corpse and proceed to the ball, where Cinderella has a dance with the prince until guards report the discovery of the corpse.

Cast

• Kanna Hashimoto as Little Red Riding Hood
• Yuko Araki as Cinderella
• Takanori Iwata as Prince Gilbert
• Natsuna Watanabe as Anne (Cinderella's sister in green dress)
• Yumi Wakatsuki as Margot (Cinderella's sister in yellow dress)
• Miki Maya as Isabella (Cinderella's step-mother)
• Midoriko Kimura as Barbara the witch
• Mirei Kiritani as Tekla the witch
• Tsuyoshi Muro as Paul the rat
• Masaki Kaji as Hans, the royal hairdesser
• Jiro Sato as King Bovell of the kingdom of Claire de Lune
• Mizuki Yamamoto as Karen/Remi
• Tomoharu Hasegawa as Lord Chamberlain, herald to the King
• Atsuhiro Inukai as the staircase guard

External links

• Once Upon a Crime at IMDb