Movielogr
Sweet Revenge (1977)
Directed by Katsumi Nishikawa
Overview
Masao is falsely accused and jailed for the murder of a loanshark to whom he owed a lot of money. His sister Kiriko makes the long trip to Tokyo, specifically to accost Otsuka, Japan’s top criminal defence lawyer, and plead with him to take her brother’s case. They live in Kitakyushu which, though a city, she contends that the local lawyers are not up to the job. Otsuka contemptuously brushes her off. A year passes. Masao has suicided in jail, his appeal having failed due to the lack of interest and competence of the local defence lawyer. Kiriko returns to Tokyo, planning revenge on Otsuka for refusing the case and causing her brother’s death.
Length 95 minutes
Actors
Momoe Yamaguchi | Tomokazu Miura | Yûsuke Natsu | Renji Ishibashi | Yutaka Hayashi | Toru Wakasugi | Mayuko Nishimura | Isao Tamagawa | Sen Hara | Yôko Machida | Miyuki Kojima | Tomiko Ishii | Masakazu Kuwayama | Hiroshi Gojo | Tatsuya Hamaguchi | Takuto Anzai | Hisayoshi Yamane | Toshihiko Oda | Ichiro Kijima | Shigeru Kôyama | Ryunosuke Kaneda | Masaya Takahashi | Haruko Kato | Mizuho Suzuki | Shin'ya Ohwada | Hiroshi Sekiguchi | Akiko Koyama | Rentarô Mikuni