Basic Info / 基本情報

Item	English / 日本語
Director	Martin Scorsese / マーティン・スコセッシ
Year	2006
Running Time	151 min (2h 31m)
Genre	Crime, Thriller, Drama / 犯罪、スリラー、ドラマ
Production	Warner Bros. Pictures, Plan B Entertainment, Initial Entertainment Group
Box Office	$290.5 million (Worldwide)

Synopsis / あらすじ

[English / 英語] In South Boston, the state police wage war on the Irish-American organized crime syndicate led by Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson). Young undercover cop Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is tasked with infiltrating Costello’s inner circle, while at the same time, Costello’s protégé Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) infiltrates the police force as a mole. As both organizations become aware of a leak, Billy and Colin are plunged into a lethal game of cat-and-mouse, each desperately trying to uncover the other’s identity before their own is exposed. The film masterfully explores the erosion of self, a relentless chain of betrayal, and the devastating cost of a life lived in deception. It asks: What is the ultimate psychological price of a double life? What does trust mean in a world of mirrors? And what remains of one’s identity when the mask becomes the reality?

[日本語] ボストン。警察学校を卒業したばかりのビリー・コスティガン（レオナルド・ディカプリオ）は、非情なマフィアのボス、フランク・コステロ（ジャック・ニコルソン）の組織への潜入という過酷な任務を命じられます。一方、コステロに育てられたコリン・サリバン（マット・デイモン）は、内通者として警察組織に送り込まれ、エリート警官としての階段を駆け上がっていました。互いにスパイの存在を感じ取り、極限の緊張感の中で正体を探り合う二人。裏切りが裏切りを呼ぶ血塗られた連鎖の果てに、彼らを待っていたのは衝撃的な結末でした。映画は、虚飾と偽りの中に身を投じた男たちのアイデンティティの崩壊を描き出します。問いかけます。二重生活が強いる心理的代償とは何か。鏡合わせの世界における「信頼」の価値とは。そして、仮面が真実となった時、自己という存在はどこへ行き着くのでしょうか。

Cast & Crew / スタッフ・出演

Role	English / 日本語
Director	Martin Scorsese / マーティン・スコセッシ
Screenplay	William Monahan / ウィリアム・モナハン
Based on	Film Infernal Affairs (2002) by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak / アンドリュー・ラウ、アラン・マク監督の映画『インファナル・アフェア』（2002）
Producer	Brad Pitt, Brad Grey, Graham King / ブラッド・ピット、ブラッド・グレイ、グラハム・キング
Cinematography	Michael Ballhaus / ミヒャエル・バルハウス
Music	Howard Shore / ハワード・ショア
Editing	Thelma Schoonmaker / テルマ・スクーンメイカー
Distribution	Warner Bros. Pictures / ワーナー・ブラザース
Cast	Leonardo DiCaprio (Billy Costigan) / レオナルド・ディカプリオ（ビリー・コスティガン）
	Matt Damon (Colin Sullivan) / マット・デイモン（コリン・サリバン）
	Jack Nicholson (Frank Costello) / ジャック・ニコルソン（フランク・コステロ）
	Mark Wahlberg (Sergeant Dignam) / マーク・ウォールバーグ（ディグナム軍曹）
	Martin Sheen (Captain Queenan) / マーティン・シーン（クイーナン大尉）
	Alec Baldwin (Captain Ellerby) / アレック・ボールドウィン（エラービー大尉）
	Vera Farmiga (Madolyn) / ヴェラ・ファーミガ（マドリン）
	Anthony Anderson (Brown) / アンソニー・アンダーソン（ブラウン）
	Ray Winstone (Mr. French) / レイ・ウィンストン（ミスター・フレンチ）

Additional Information / 追加情報

Awards / 受賞歴

• 79th Academy Awards (2007) – 5 nominations, 4 wins:
  • Best Picture – WON
  • Best Director – WON (Martin Scorsese)
  • Best Adapted Screenplay – WON (William Monahan)
  • Best Film Editing – WON (Thelma Schoonmaker)
  • Best Supporting Actor – nomination (Mark Wahlberg)
• 64th Golden Globe Awards (2007) – 4 nominations, 1 win:
  • Best Motion Picture – Drama – WON
  • Best Director – nomination (Martin Scorsese)
  • Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama – nomination (Leonardo DiCaprio)
  • Best Screenplay – nomination (William Monahan)
• 60th BAFTA Awards (2007) – 6 nominations, 1 win:
  • Best Editing – WON (Thelma Schoonmaker)
  • Best Film – nomination
  • Best Director – nomination (Martin Scorsese)
  • Best Actor in a Leading Role – nomination (Leonardo DiCaprio)
  • Best Supporting Actor – nomination (Mark Wahlberg)
  • Best Adapted Screenplay – nomination
• Screen Actors Guild Awards (2007) – 2 nominations:
  • Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture – nomination
  • Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role – nomination (Mark Wahlberg)
• Directors Guild of America (2007) – 1 win:
  • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures – WON (Martin Scorsese)

Critical Reception / 批評的評価

• Rotten Tomatoes: 90% (Critics), 95% (Audience)
• Metacritic: 85/100 (Universal Acclaim)
• IMDb: 8.5/10
• Eiga.com（映画.com）: 4.1/5
• Scorsese’s Best Director Oscar — his first, after five previous nominations — was universally regarded as overdue recognition of the defining American crime filmmaker of his generation
• Leonardo DiCaprio’s performance as Costigan praised as his finest to that point — a performance of sustained, deteriorating psychological pressure, a man losing himself in real time
• Mark Wahlberg’s Sergeant Dignam — sharp, foul-mouthed, the film’s most purely entertaining presence — cited as one of the decade’s great supporting performances; his Oscar nomination was considered deserved by many who felt he was the film’s true scene-stealer
• Jack Nicholson’s Costello — a performance of deliberate, controlled excess — divided opinion: some praised it as a career capstone, others found it too theatrical for the film’s naturalistic register
• Thelma Schoonmaker’s editing — her fourth Oscar nomination for a Scorsese film, and her third win — praised as the invisible engine of the film’s sustained tension
• The Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” over the opening and the film’s use of rock music throughout praised as Scorsese’s most precisely deployed soundtrack since GoodFellas
• Roger Ebert.com: ★★★★ “Scorsese reminds us he can still generate more pure tension than almost anyone working”
• The New York Times: “A masterwork — Scorsese at the full command of his powers”
• Variety: “The best American crime film in years — lean, savage, and completely controlled”
• The Guardian: ★★★★★ “A film of tremendous energy and moral seriousness — Scorsese’s return to form”
• The film is a remake of the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs (2002) — a fact that generated significant discussion about the relationship between the two films; most critics concluded that Scorsese’s film is a genuine reimagining rather than a copy, transplanting the mechanism into a specifically Boston Irish-American context that gives it different moral weight
• Compared to GoodFellas (1990) as Scorsese’s two defining statements on the American crime film — GoodFellas as elegy, The Departed as trap

Box Office Performance / 興行成績

• Worldwide Total: $290.5 million
• Domestic (US/Canada): $132.4 million
• International: $158.1 million
• Production Budget: $90 million
• Return on Investment: 3.2x (strong)
• Opening Weekend (US):
  • Wide release: October 6, 2006
  • $26.9 million opening weekend (#1)
  • 3,017 theaters
• Performance Analysis:
  • Strong opening sustained by exceptional word-of-mouth and critical acclaim
  • Awards season positioning — four Oscar wins including Best Picture — kept the film in theaters into March 2007
  • International performance ($158.1M, 54% of total) reflects the film’s genuine global reach, unusual for a film so specifically embedded in Boston Irish-American culture
  • The Scorsese brand, combined with the ensemble cast, drove opening weekend; the film’s quality drove everything after
• International Breakdown (estimated):
  • UK: ~$25M (Scorsese’s strong British following; the Irish-American connection resonates)
  • France: ~$20M
  • Germany: ~$18M
  • Japan: ~$16M (awareness of the Infernal Affairs source amplified interest)
  • Australia: ~$12M
  • South Korea: ~$10M
• Awards Season:
  • Best Picture win considered a genuine surprise by some — Babel and Little Miss Sunshine were considered strong contenders
  • Scorsese’s first Best Director win after Raging Bull (1980), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), GoodFellas (1990), Gangs of New York (2002), and The Aviator (2004) nominations — the win felt, to many, like the Academy correcting a long-standing error

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🔗 English Review
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🔗 日本語レビュー
・【全米スパイの日】スパイの緊張と裏切り——アイデンティティを喪失した男たちの悲劇