The Incident (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.
Director:
Yoshitarō Nomura
Writer:
Kaneto Shindō
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Tetsuro Tamba as Lawyer Kikuchi |
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Shinsuke Ashida as DA Okabe |
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Shinobu Otake as Yoshiko Sakai |
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Toshiyuki Nagashima as Hiroshi Ueda |
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Keiko Matsuzaka as Hatsuko Sakai |
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Kei Yamamoto as Takeshi Hanai |
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Junko Natsu as Kyôko Sakurai |
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Asao Sano as Kihei Ueda |
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Tanie Kitabayashi as Kane Shinozaki |
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Nobuko Otowa as Sumie Sakai |
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Kō Nishimura as Goichi Ômura |
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Tsunehiko Watase as Takeshi Hanai |
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Shin Saburi as Judge Tanimoto |
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Hisaya Morishige as Kiyokawa |
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Torahiko Hamada as Fusaji |
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Yûji Hayakawa as Patrolman Yano |
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Takanobu Hozumi as Tabuchi |
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Tsutomu Isobe as Yano |
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Seiya Nakano as Noguchi |
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Kibaji Tankobo as Saburô Tada |
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Chōtarō Tōgin as Takigawa |
| Directing | Yoshitarō Nomura | Director |
| Writing | Shohei Ooka | Novel |
| Sound | Yasushi Akutagawa | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Takashi Kawamata | Director of Photography |
| Art | Kyôhei Morita | Art Direction |
| Writing | Kaneto Shindō | Screenplay |
| Production | 緒田明 | Producer |
| Production | Yoshitarō Nomura | Producer |
| Art | 川添善治 | Set Designer |
| Editing | Kazuo Ôta | Editor |
| Sound | Masa Matsuda | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Hiroshi Yoshioka | Production Manager |
| Camera | 赤井溥旦 | Still Photographer |