Darkness in the Light

Darkness in the Light

119 mins | Drama | Feb. 17, 2001

A middle-aged salaryman with a typical family, living quietly in a provincial city (Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture), wakes up one morning in the summer of 1994 to find himself the prime suspect in the biggest mass-murder case of the decade.

Darkness in the Light

119 mins | Drama | Feb. 17, 2001

Darkness in the Light
A middle-aged salaryman with a typical family, living quietly in a provincial city (Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture), wakes up one morning in the summer of 1994 to find himself the prime suspect in the biggest mass-murder case of the decade.
Producers Nikkatsu Corporation
Original title 日本の黒い夏ー冤罪
Directors Kei Kumai
Writers Koichi Hiraishi, Kei Kumai

Cast

Kiichi Nakai

as Makoto Sasano

Akira Terao

as Toshio Kanbe

Naomi Hosokawa

as Keiko Hanazawa

Nagiko Tôno

as Emi Shimao

Yukiya Kitamura

as Koji Asakawa

Takayuki Katô

as Taro Noda

Renji Ishibashi

as Detective Yoshida

Kazuo Kitamura

as Takeo Nagata