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.

• Release Date: 1978-06-03
• Runtime: 2h 18min
• Production Company: Shochiku
• Production Country: Japan
• Director: Yoshitarō Nomura
• Writer: Kaneto Shindo