138 minutes
6/3/1978
The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a forest. Some days later, Ueda Hiroshi, a 19-year-old shipyard worker, is arrested and charged with the murder. At Ueda's trial, a complex story unfolds.
Tetsuro Tamba
as Lawyer Kikuchi
Shinsuke Ashida
as DA Okabe
Shinobu Otake
as Yoshiko Sakai
Toshiyuki Nagashima
as Hiroshi Ueda
Keiko Matsuzaka
as Hatsuko Sakai
Kei Yamamoto
as Takeshi Hanai
Junko Natsu
as Kyôko Sakurai
Asao Sano
as Kihei Ueda
Tanie Kitabayashi
as Kane Shinozaki
Nobuko Otowa
as Sumie Sakai
Kō Nishimura
as Goichi Ômura
Tsunehiko Watase
as Takeshi Hanai
Shin Saburi
as Judge Tanimoto
Hisaya Morishige
as Kiyokawa
Torahiko Hamada
as Fusaji
Yûji Hayakawa
as Patrolman Yano
Takanobu Hozumi
as Tabuchi
Tsutomu Isobe
as Yano
Seiya Nakano
as Noguchi
Kibaji Tankobo
as Saburô Tada
Chōtarō Tōgin
as Takigawa