Suspicion

Suspicion

127 mins | Drama, Crime, Mystery | Sept. 11, 1982

A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the local business magnate Fukutaro Shirakawa, who perishes. Riding alongside him and surviving unhurt is his second wife, Kumako. It soon comes to light that Kumako’s husband was insured for 300 million yen and she is arrested on suspicion of murdering her husband for the insurance money. The newspapers denounce her as an evil woman, while the public is in no doubt about Kumako’s crime. Ritsuko Sahara is chosen as her defence attorney but the pair clash over almost everything...

Suspicion

127 mins | Drama, Crime, Mystery | Sept. 11, 1982

Suspicion
A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the local business magnate Fukutaro Shirakawa, who perishes. Riding alongside him and surviving unhurt is his second wife, Kumako. It soon comes to light that Kumako’s husband was insured for 300 million yen and she is arrested on suspicion of murdering her husband for the insurance money. The newspapers denounce her as an evil woman, while the public is in no doubt about Kumako’s crime. Ritsuko Sahara is chosen as her defence attorney but the pair clash over almost everything...
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd., Kiri Production Inc.
Original title 疑惑
Directors Shingo Matsubara, Yoshitaro Nomura
Writers Seicho Matsumoto, Yoshitaro Nomura, Motomu Furuta

Cast

Kaori Momoi

as Kumako Onizawa

Shima Iwashita

as Ritsuko Sahara

Takeshi Kaga

as Katsuo Toyosaki

Akira Emoto

as Shigekazu Akitani

Kyôko Maya

as Sakie Kataoka

Kensaku Morita

as Yoshiro Fujiwara

Noboru Nakaya

as Fukutaro Shirakawa

Takao Ito

as Tetsuro Kataoka

Taketoshi Naitô

as Judge Yazawa

Akira Nagoya

as Iwasaki

Nenji Kobayashi

as Prosecutor Munakata

Jiro Kawarazaki

as Detective Kobayashi

Yasukiyo Umeno

as Chief Detective Asano

Sadao Mizutani

as Katsuyuki Shimada

Toshikatsu Tango

as Muneharu Shirakawa

Kiyoshi Yamamoto

as Director of the Criminal Affairs Division

Daisuke Iijima

as Detective Sasaki

Yoshio Omori

as Tokuro Shirakawa

Akiji Kobayashi

as Chief of Police, Ishihara

Go Endou

as Forensic officer

Hiroshi Kamiyama

as Bar association executive

Miyoko Nakamura

as Shirakawa Family Relative

Tetsuo Morishita

as Traffic police officer

Hideaki Komori

as Police station reception

Taku Kido

as Reporter

Akihiko Hanyû

as Akiya's colleague reporter

Jun Kashima

as Associate Judge

Eitarō Ozawa

as Professor Anzai

Tatsuo Matsumura

as Masao Harayama

Norihei Miki

as Tamotsu Kinoshita

Tanie Kitabayashi

as Harue Shirakawa

Tetsurō Tamba

as Kanetaka Okamura

Isuzu Yamada

as Tokie Horiuchi