Synopsis
Masao is falsely accused and jailed for the murder of a loanshark to whom he owed a lot of money. His sister Kiriko makes the long trip to Tokyo, specifically to accost Otsuka, Japan's top criminal defence lawyer, and plead with him to take her brother's case. They live in Kitakyushu which, though a city, she contends that the local lawyers are not up to the job. Otsuka contemptuously brushes her off. A year passes. Masao has suicided in jail, his appeal having failed due to the lack of interest and competence of the local defence lawyer. Kiriko returns to Tokyo, planning revenge on Otsuka for refusing the case and causing her brother's death.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Katsumi NishikawaDirector
- Masaru SatōOriginal Music Composer
- Kei HattoriScreenplay
Cast
- Momoe YamaguchiKiriko Yanagida
- Tomokazu MiuraKeiichi Abe
- Rentaro MikuniKinzo Otsuka
- Hiroshi SekiguchiMasao Yanagida
- Haruko KatōYoshiko Otsuka
- Izumi HaraKiku Watanabe
- Renji IshibashiTakeo Yamagami
- Ryūnosuke KanedaLawyer Hyodo
- Miyuki KojimaNobuko Ehara
- Akiko KoyamaMichiko Kono
- Shigeru KōyamaEditor Tanimura
- Yūsuke NatsuKenji Sugiura