Once Upon a Crime Blu-ray

Can this mystery be solved before the clock strikes midnight? Little Red Riding Hood becomes a detective in a comedy mystery, solving baffling cases that unfold in the world of classic fairy tales.

The film adapts the popular novel Akazukin, Tabi no Tochu de Shitai to Deau, a fresh combination of fairy tales and authentic detective fiction loved by readers of all ages. The novel series has surpassed 330,000 copies in circulation. As Little Red Riding Hood travels through a fairy-tale world, she neatly unravels its crimes. The adaptation turns this premise into an unfamiliar fantasy filled with dreams, adventure, mystery and comedy.

Little Red Riding Hood is an intelligent, sharp-tongued detective. Cinderella is beautiful yet shadowed by secrets, while the cool prince is admired by women throughout the kingdom. A king, witches and a stepmother bring their own eccentric personalities to this grandly realised fairy-tale world.

After its worldwide streaming launch, the film reached the top of Japan’s weekly film ranking and entered the weekly film top ten in fifty-one countries and regions, including Brazil, Germany, Italy, India, Malaysia and Taiwan. It also became the first Japanese film to reach number one in Netflix’s weekly global ranking for non-English-language films.

On her travels, Little Red Riding Hood meets Cinderella, a girl covered in ashes. A witch transforms them into splendidly dressed guests for a ball, but their pumpkin carriage runs over and kills a man on the way.

Hoping to avoid discovery, the two quickly hide the body and go to the castle ball. Cinderella and the prince fall in love, only for the celebration to be interrupted when the corpse is found. As one eccentric person after another appears before the desperate pair, the shadow of the real culprit emerges among them.

Little Red Riding Hood confronts the case with her natural insight and audacity. What is the truth behind this tragedy in a country where beauty means everything?

The edition includes a booklet and supplementary footage exploring how its fairy tales, comedy and occasional suspense were made, together with interviews.