Darkness at Noon

Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.

Cast

Kōjirō Kusanagi

as Seiji Uemura

Sachiko Hidari

as Kaneko Nagai

Taketoshi Naitō

as Lawyer Kondo

Chōko Iida

as Tsuna Uemura

Teruo Matsuyama

as Takeshi Kojima

Ichirō Sugai

as Lawyer Yamamoto

Yoshi Katō

as Oshima

Junkichi Orimoto

as Detective Sugita

Kyū Sazanka

as Shiraki

Shinsuke Ashida

as Yoshii

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