Detective in the Bar

Detective in the Bar (探偵はBARにいる, Tantei wa bar ni iru; also known as Phone Call to the Bar^[1]) is a 2011 Japanese drama film directed by Hajime Hashimoto [ja] and based on a novel by Naomi Azuma.^[2]

Detective in the Bar
Film poster
Directed by	Hajime Hashimoto [ja]
Based on	Bar ni Kakatte Kita Denwa by Naomi Azuma
Produced by	Yasushi Sutō
Starring	Yo Oizumi Ryuhei Matsuda
Cinematography	Kazunari Tanaka
Music by	Yoshihiro Ike
Distributed by	Toei Company
Release date	10 September 2011 (2011-09-10)
Running time	125 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Cast

• Yo Oizumi as the detective
• Ryuhei Matsuda as Takada
• Koyuki as Saori
• Toshiyuki Nishida as Toshio Kirishima
• Tomorowo Taguchi as Matsuo
• Yutaka Matsushige
• Masanobu Takashima
• Renji Ishibashi
• Mayumi Shintani
• Keiko Takeshita

Sequels

• Detective in the Bar 2 (2013)^[3]
• The Last Shot in the Bar (2017)^[4]