The Chaplain
2018, Japanese. Directed by Dai Sako.
Saeki works with death-row convicts as a prison chaplain. He tries to instill the prisoners with a sense of morality and help them become a better person. He is a good communicator with the death-row convicts assigned to solitary cells. Saeki agonizes over whether his words really touches the prisoners and whether he is doing the right thing. Saeki also faces his past which he wants to forget. --asianwiki
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 6 October 2018
- Original title
- 教誨師
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Dai Sako
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The Chaplain runs 114 minutes (1h 54m).
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The Chaplain isn’t on a subscription OTT platform in India, but you can rent it or buy it online. (Checked 30 October 2026.)
What movies are like The Chaplain?
If you liked The Chaplain, try Dead Man Walking, Killer: A Journal of Murder, The Trials of Cate McCall.
Who directed The Chaplain?
The Chaplain (2018) was directed by Dai Sako and stars Ren Osugi, Reo Tamaoki, Setsuko Karasuma.