{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3c9d80fc7e7784699ee4b442","clusterId":"c_6f142f5d97ff65ac1c7fb85f","slug":"off-shots-from-the-detective-is-in-the-bar-arrive-in-a-film-camera-s-grain","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Off-Shots From The Detective Is in the Bar Arrive In A Film Camera's Grain","summary":"Cinema Today has published eight off-shots from BYE BYE LOVE The Detective Is in the Bar, the fourth film in the series starring Yo Oizumi and Ryuhei Matsuda and opening December 25. Most were shot on film by Aju Makita, who plays Akemi. The photos show the cast between takes, including Oizumi and Matsuda together, Matsuda with Makita, and director Kazuya Shiraishi.","whyItMatters":"The off-shots are the first look at the cast as a group before the December 25 opening, and Makita's account of shooting them frames the set as one she joined as an outsider.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe film is the fourth in the series, adapted from Naoki Higashino\u0026#39;s Susukino Detective Series and set in Sapporo\u0026#39;s Susukino district. Kazuya Shiraishi directs, and Ryota Furusawa wrote the script after handling every film in the series. Kyoka Suzuki plays Junko, a woman the detective once loved who holds the key to the story, and Makita plays Akemi.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMakita said she was worried about pointing a camera at such distinguished cast members, then found they posed for her and looked for angles together. The eight photos include a shot of Makita with Oizumi and Matsuda, a rarer one of Matsuda and Makita, Oizumi with a sharp gaze, and the actor Magee as Gen-chan alongside Shiraishi.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Aju Makita shot most of the eight off-shots herself while playing Akemi. A cast member behind the camera changes what the photos can show: the set as she saw it, not as the unit photographer framed it.","twitterPost":"Aju Makita shot most of the off-shots herself while playing Akemi, so the film grain carries a cast member's view of the set, not a unit photographer's.","threadsPost":"Aju Makita plays Akemi in BYE BYE LOVE The Detective Is in the Bar, and she shot most of the eight off-shots on film herself. That puts a cast member behind the camera, so the set appears as she saw it between takes, including Yo Oizumi and Ryuhei Matsuda.","newsletterBlurb":"Eight off-shots from BYE BYE LOVE The Detective Is in the Bar have been released, most of them shot on film by Aju Makita, who plays Akemi. The photos show Yo Oizumi, Ryuhei Matsuda, and director Kazuya Shiraishi between takes. The fourth film in the series opens December 25.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Cinema Today\",\"url\":\"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0157834\",\"title\":\"Ohizumi Yo \\u0026 Matsuda Ryuhei's Playful Off-Screen Faces Also Revealed: Film Camera Off-Shots Taken by Maita Aju of 'The Detective Is in the Bar' Released\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5450,"outputTokens":791,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1793940595,"createdAt":"2026-11-06T04:44:13.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-06T04:48:52.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-06T04:48:52.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_6f142f5d97ff65ac1c7fb85f","canonicalTitle":"大泉洋＆松田龍平のお茶目な素顔も『探偵はBARにいる』蒔田彩珠が切り取ったフィルムカメラオフショット公開","representativeArticleId":"a_a9461e6e0a891d1a18573816","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"The Detective Is in the Bar\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Yo Oizumi\",\"Ryuhei Matsuda\",\"Aju Makita\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-06T04:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-06T04:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-06T04:48:52.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Cinema Today","url":"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0157834","title":"大泉洋＆松田龍平のお茶目な素顔も『探偵はBARにいる』蒔田彩珠が切り取ったフィルムカメラオフショット公開"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["The Detective Is in the Bar"],"studios":[],"people":["Yo Oizumi","Ryuhei Matsuda","Aju Makita"],"type":"news","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["BYE BYE LOVE The Detective Is in the Bar opens December 25.","Yo Oizumi and Ryuhei Matsuda star in the film, with Kazuya Shiraishi directing.","Aju Makita plays Akemi and shot most of the eight released off-shots on a film camera.","The series is based on Naoki Higashino's Susukino Detective Series and is set in Sapporo's Susukino district.","Kyoka Suzuki plays Junko, a woman the detective once loved who holds the key to the story."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["the-detective-is-in-the-bar","yo-oizumi","ryuhei-matsuda","aju-makita"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"the-detective-is-in-the-bar","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":1,"overall":"unverified","story_count":1,"has_dossier":false},{"slug":"yo-oizumi","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":0,"overall":"unverified","story_count":2,"has_dossier":false},{"slug":"ryuhei-matsuda","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":0,"overall":"unverified","story_count":1,"has_dossier":false},{"slug":"aju-makita","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":3,"overall":"unverified","story_count":4,"has_dossier":true}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}