Asian Drama

Rinka is single and works as a wedding planner. She is not good at dating men. Her colleague suggested to her to try a dating app. Rinka reluctantly registers with the dating app and gets matched to a man. When they meet, the man has a totally different appearance from his picture on the dating app. He seems like an ordinary man, but Rinka feels something is not right about him. Meanwhile, a series of murder cases takes place. The victims were all users of the dating app. The man that Rinka met through the app is investigated for the serial murder cases.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the novel "Matching" (マッチング) by Uchida Eiji (内田英治).

Release dates: Oct 9, 2023 (Festival) || Feb 23, 2024 (Cinema)

Duration: 1 hr. 50 min.

Content Rating: G - All Ages

Ratings: 7.4

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