The Incident (1978 film)

The Incident (事件, Jiken) is a 1978 Japanese film directed by Yoshitaro Nomura. Among many awards, it was chosen as the Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.^[3] The film is based on the novel by Shōhei Ōoka.

The Incident
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Yoshitaro Nomura[1][2]
Written by	Kaneto Shindo
Based on	Jiken by Shōhei Ōoka
Starring	Keiko Matsuzaka Toshiyuki Nagashima Shinobu Otake Tsunehiko Watase Tetsurō Tamba Shinsuke Ashida Shin Saburi Nobuko Otowa Kō Nishimura Hisaya Morishige
Cinematography	Takashi Kawamata
Music by	Yasushi Akutagawa
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	June 3, 1978 (1978-06-03)
Running time	138 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Cast

• Keiko Matsuzaka: Hatsuko Sakai
• Shinobu Otake: Yoshiko Sakai
• Toshiyuki Nagashima: Hiroshi Ueda
• Tsunehiko Watase: Takeshi Hanai
• Tetsurō Tamba: Kikuchi
• Kei Yamamoto
• Junko Natsu
• Shinsuke Ashida: Okabe
• Shin Saburi
• Nobuko Otowa: Sumie Sakai
• Kō Nishimura
• Tanie Kitabayashi
• Tsutomu Isobe
• Takanobu Hozumi
• Asao Sano
• Hisaya Morishige

Bibliography

• 事件 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
• "JIKEN". The Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
• 事件 (in Japanese). www.walkerplus.com. Retrieved 2009-05-05.