Sweet Revenge

1h 35min

Mystery

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.

Production Companies

TOHO

Horipro

Cast

Momoe Yamaguchi

Momoe Yamaguchi

Kiriko Yanagida
Tomokazu Miura

Tomokazu Miura

Keiichi Abe
Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Kinzo Otsuka
Hiroshi Sekiguchi

Hiroshi Sekiguchi

Masao Yanagida
Haruko Katō

Haruko Katō

Yoshiko Otsuka
Izumi Hara

Izumi Hara

Kiku Watanabe
Renji Ishibashi

Renji Ishibashi

Takeo Yamagami
Ryūnosuke Kaneda

Ryūnosuke Kaneda

Lawyer Hyodo
Miyuki Kojima

Miyuki Kojima

Nobuko Ehara
Akiko Koyama

Akiko Koyama

Michiko Kono
Shigeru Kōyama

Shigeru Kōyama

Editor Tanimura
Yūsuke Natsu

Yūsuke Natsu

Kenji Sugiura
Shin'ya Ohwada

Shin'ya Ohwada

Lawyer Shiratori
Tomiko Ishii

Tomiko Ishii

Madam of the Noa Noa bar
Mayuko Nishimura

Mayuko Nishimura

Sanae Yashiro
Isao Tamagawa

Isao Tamagawa

Detective Oka
Yōko Machida

Yōko Machida

Madam of the Kaiso club
Masakazu Kuwayama

Masakazu Kuwayama

Keinosuke Okumura

Release date

17th Dec 1977

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語