Out (novel)

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Out (アウト) is a 1997 Japanese

The Japanese film adaptation of Out, directed by Hirayama Hideyuki, was released in 2002 to generally tepid reviews. According to Variety (on-line edition), New Line Cinema has purchased the rights for an American version, to be directed by Nakata Hideo (Ring, Ring 2).^[1]

Plot summary

The novel tells the tales of four women, working the

Yayoi desperately persuades Masako, with the eventual aid of Yoshie and Kuniko, to help her dispose of Kenji's body. The body is dismembered, secured in many black garbage bags, and hidden all over Tokyo. It isn't long before one carelessly hidden bag is discovered, and the police begin to ask questions. As if things weren't bad enough, the women begin to blackmail each other, the loan shark is requiring their services, and Satake, who has lost everything because of their antics, has begun to hunt the women down.

See also

• Tozai Mystery Best 100 (The Top 100 Mystery Novels of the East and the West)

References

External links

• Out at
  IMDb
  – Film based on the novel