Suspicion (1982)

Crime
Drama
Mystery

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...

Cast

Kumako Onizawa
Ritsuko Sahara
Prosecutor Munakata
Detective Kobayashi
Chief Detective Asano
Katsuyuki Shimada
Muneharu Shirakawa
Director of the Criminal Affairs Division
Detective Sasaki
Tokuro Shirakawa
Chief of Police, Ishihara
Katsuo Toyosaki
Forensic officer
Bar association executive
Shirakawa Family Relative
Traffic police officer
Shigekazu Akitani
Police station reception
Reporter
Akiya's colleague reporter
Associate Judge
Professor Anzai
Masao Harayama
Tamotsu Kinoshita
Harue Shirakawa
Kanetaka Okamura
Sakie Kataoka
Tokie Horiuchi
Yoshiro Fujiwara
Fukutaro Shirakawa
Tetsuro Kataoka
Judge Yazawa

Crew

Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Director of Photography
Art Direction
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Sound Recordist
Assistant Director
Lighting Camera