Judge and Jeopardy (1968)
- Original title
- 首
- Directed by
- Shirō Moritani
- Genre
- crime film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A defense attorney takes on the case of a police officer accused of beating a suspect to death during wartime Japan. The story examines the legal system and the weight of violence under authority.
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What happens
Judge and Jeopardy (Japanese: 首, Hepburn: Kubi; transl. Neck) is a 1968 Japanese drama film directed by Shiro Moritani. It is based on the story The Lawyer by attorney Hiroshi Masaki and his account of Japan's "Headless Murder Case" in which a police officer beat a suspect to death during the Pacific War. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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