The Incident

The Incident

138 mins | Drama | June 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.

The Incident

138 mins | Drama | June 3, 1978

The Incident
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Original title 事件
Directors Yoshitaro Nomura
Writers Shohei Ooka, Kaneto Shindō

Cast

Tetsurō Tamba

as Lawyer Kikuchi

Keiko Matsuzaka

as Hatsuko Sakai

Shinobu Otake

as Yoshiko Sakai

Toshiyuki Nagashima

as Hiroshi Ueda

Tsunehiko Watase

as Takeshi Hanai