The Incident
1978, Japanese. Directed by Yoshitarō Nomura.
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.
- Runtime
- 2h 18m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Yoshitarō NomuraDirector
- Tetsuro TambaLawyer Kikuchi
- Shinsuke AshidaDA Okabe
- Shinobu OtakeYoshiko Sakai
- Toshiyuki NagashimaHiroshi Ueda
- Keiko MatsuzakaHatsuko Sakai
- Kei YamamotoTakeshi Hanai
- Junko NatsuKyôko Sakurai
- Asao SanoKihei Ueda
- Tanie KitabayashiKane Shinozaki
- Nobuko OtowaSumie Sakai
- Kō NishimuraGoichi Ômura
- Tsunehiko WataseTakeshi Hanai
Details
- Released
- 3 June 1978
- Original title
- 事件
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Kaneto Shindō
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The Incident runs 138 minutes (2h 18m).
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Which OTT platform is The Incident on?
The Incident isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 3 June 1978. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Incident?
If you liked The Incident, try Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly, Suspect X, The Third Murder.
Who directed The Incident?
The Incident (1978) was directed by Yoshitarō Nomura and stars Tetsuro Tamba, Shinsuke Ashida, Shinobu Otake.