A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but somehow survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.

Yun Yun-Do
as R

Kei Satō
as Prison warden

Fumio Watanabe
as Education Officer

Toshirō Ishidō
as Priest

Masao Adachi
as Chief of Guards

Rokkō Toura
as Doctor

Hōsei Komatsu
as District attorney

Masao Matsuda
as Secretary of the D.A.

Akiko Koyama
as Woman

Nagisa Ōshima
as Narrator (voice)