Oooo. Sexy cat-and-mouse game between two geniuses! It’s adapted from Japanese novel, The Devotion of Suspect X (容疑者Xの献身 Yōgisha Ekkusu no Kenshin?), written Keigo Higashino, and follows the intense investigation when one tries his best to hide and the other tries his best to uncover. In the end, who will win?
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The synopsis from Wiki: The story begins with Tetsuya Ishigami and Yasuko Hanaoka following their daily routines. Yasuko Hanaoka is a divorced single mother who works at a restaurant packing meals for its locals. Ishigami is a highly talented mathematics teacher, who lives next door to Yasuko and her daughter Misato. When Togashi (Yasuko’s abusive ex-husband) shows up one day to extort money from Yasuko, threatening both her and Misato, the situation quickly escalates into violence, and Togashi is killed by mother and daughter. Overhearing the commotion, Ishigami, who is secretly enamored of Yasuko but has never told her so, offers his help, disposing of the body and plotting the cover-up of the murder step-by-step.
When the body turns up and is identified, Kusanagi (the detective investigating the murder case) draws the case and Yasuko comes under suspicion. Kusanagi is unable to find any obvious holes in Yasuko’s manufactured alibi, but still he is sure that there’s something wrong with her story, a suspicion that he cannot shake. Kusanagi brings in Dr. Manabu Yukawa, a physicist and his college friend who frequently consults with the police. Yukawa also went to college with Ishigami, where he learned of Ishigami’s problem-solving techniques and abilities; Yukawa highly rates Ishigami’s intelligence. After meeting him again after so many years, Yukawa becomes convinced that Ishigami had something to do with the murder. What ensues is a high-level battle of wits between Yukawa and Ishigami, as Ishigami tries to protect Yasuko by outmaneuvering and outthinking Yukawa; the teacher is Yukawa’s most clever and determined opponent yet.
When Yukawa finally understands Ishigami’s plans, he is awestruck by the devotion shown by Ishigami to Yasuko. Ishigami is not the person everyone sees, but only Yukawa could understand his plan to cover up the murder committed by Yasuko.
Nick Wang as the Genius physicist, assisting the police in solving the murder case.
Edward Zhang Lu Yi as the Genius mathematician, who harbors a crush on his neighbor next door and volunteers to help her dispose of the body and hide the murder.
Baby Genius physicist (played by Neo Hou Ming Hao) and genius mathematician (played by Yan Xu Jia.)
Alec Su, the busy director. 🙂
The Japanese Adaptation in 2008 and the Korean Adaptation in 2012.
Trailer & BTS:
Directed by Alec Su (The Left Ear) and written by the novel author, Keigo Higashino, The Devotion of Suspect X hits theaters on April 1st.
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8 thoughts on “Nick Wang clashes with Zhang Lu Yi in Alec Su’s The Devotion of Suspect X”
Ooooh I remembered watching a tvb drama with a similar storyline, Last One Standing with Kevin and Roger. Of course the novel came out first. Also recognized the korean and japanese movies of this story. I was too busy binge watching tvb dramas to touch on the movie 😛
The trailer looks pretty neat.
8 thoughts on “Nick Wang clashes with Zhang Lu Yi in Alec Su’s The Devotion of Suspect X”
Ah, Last One Standing! I remember that one with slight differences in the story. Eye-candy + talents.
8 thoughts on “Nick Wang clashes with Zhang Lu Yi in Alec Su’s The Devotion of Suspect X”
Definitely interested! Love Nick Wang and definitely respect and love Zhang Lu Yi’s skills…hope this one can adequately showcase the full potential Wang Kai has! 😀 Lol the promos have more material on Alec Su than the cast. Lol
8 thoughts on “Nick Wang clashes with Zhang Lu Yi in Alec Su’s The Devotion of Suspect X”
I feel like a happy mother watching Wu Ah Ge become a director. Lol!
8 thoughts on “Nick Wang clashes with Zhang Lu Yi in Alec Su’s The Devotion of Suspect X”
sounds really good. Hopefully this 2017 my love for Nick Wang will be back. Haha…
the story is my kinda thing. thriller-crime with 2 geniuses,” SMART IS THE NEW SEXY!!!” -Sherlock-
huaaa.. can’t wait for this one. Hopefully they will release it within this year.
8 thoughts on “Nick Wang clashes with Zhang Lu Yi in Alec Su’s The Devotion of Suspect X”
Miss Yui, you skipped the last line of this post! Lol.
8 thoughts on “Nick Wang clashes with Zhang Lu Yi in Alec Su’s The Devotion of Suspect X”
Haha, my bad. I should read all the words instead of just seeing nick’s face haha… Thanks Kap! 🙂
8 thoughts on “Nick Wang clashes with Zhang Lu Yi in Alec Su’s The Devotion of Suspect X”
Extremely good novel, like AMAZING… I recommend the japanese film version. Best one ever.