Suspicion

Release Date: 1982-09-11

Overview: 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...

Rating: 7 / 10

Cast

Kaori Momoi

as Kumako Onizawa

Shima Iwashita

as Ritsuko Sahara

Takeshi Kaga

as Katsuo Toyosaki

Akira Emoto

as Shigekazu Akitani

Kyoko Maya

as Sakie Kataoka