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.

Credits

Yoshitarō NomuraDirector

Tetsuro TambaLawyer Kikuchi

Keiko MatsuzakaHatsuko Sakai

Shinobu ÔtakeYoshiko Sakai

Toshiyuki NagashimaHiroshi Ueda