Once Upon a Crime

Once Upon a Crime (Japanese name: 赤ずきん、旅の途中で死体と出会う Akazukin, tabi no tochū de shitai to deau, meaning Little Red Riding Hood, on her journey, encounters a corpse) is a 2023 fantasy comedy, crime mystery film, starring Kanna Hashimoto, Yuko Araki and others. The film was directed by Yūichi Fukuda. The story combines the story of Cinderella with a crime, and adds Little Red Riding Hood as a character. Plot 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 wizard 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