

99 minutes
1/30/1965
Shinichi is not only poor, he is also deaf, and leads a joyless life with his sick mother. His one happiness is his friendship with a girl who works in a bar nearby. Then, one day, his mother dies after drinking the medicine that Shinichi himself gave her. It is discovered that the pills contained poison. He is apprehended on suspicion of murder and taken away for interrogation, unable to defend himself - being deaf and dumb - or even to proclaim his innocence.

Yoshiko Kayama
as Sachiko Ishimoda

Masakazu Tamura
as Shinichi Sasaki

Chieko Baisho

Keisuke Sonoi
as Koga
Katsumi Munakata
as Detective Hirose

Yōko Minamida
as Tokie Matsuura

Michiko Araki
as Tatsuko Sasaki

Kin Sugai
as Ume Tanabe

Kazuo Kitamura

Kinzō Shin
as Judge
Kiyoshi Nonomura
Shinji Takano
Eiken Shoji
as Detective Tajima

Toshie Kimura
as Tomiko Kashimura
Zenichi Inagawa
Bonta Seshi
Chinpei Hayashiya
Kenji Yoshino
Kojiro Tahara
Kôei Yamamoto
Koji Nakata
Eiji Tan
Hiroshi Aoyama

Ryōko Mizuki
Kanji Ōsugi
Sanpei Hinata
Shuichi Oki

Nobuo Takagi

Chishū Ryū
as Tateno

Takashi Shimura