Both are based off the same novel.
1) This is a Special created at the 20th anniversary of the 1984 movie Kuroi Fukuin.
2) The original novel, Black Gospel (????, Kuroi Fukuin) was published in post-war Japan, 1961.
The author Seich? Matsumoto (?? ??, Matsumoto Seich?) was born on December 21, 1909, and lived through both World Wars.
3) The novel was loosely based off unsolved true crimes dated in 1959.
A Japanese lady working as a flight attendant for British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was found dead under the bridge in a river in March 1959. A Belgian Catholic priest who was her ex-boyfriend was considered a person of interest and possible suspect, but he suddenly went back to Belgium in June that year.
1) This is a Special created at the 20th anniversary of the 1984 movie Kuroi Fukuin.
2) The original novel, Black Gospel (????, Kuroi Fukuin) was published in post-war Japan, 1961.
The author Seich? Matsumoto (?? ??, Matsumoto Seich?) was born on December 21, 1909, and lived through both World Wars.
3) The novel was loosely based off unsolved true crimes dated in 1959.
A Japanese lady working as a flight attendant for British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was found dead under the bridge in a river in March 1959. A Belgian Catholic priest who was her ex-boyfriend was considered a person of interest and possible suspect, but he suddenly went back to Belgium in June that year.
