又名:Darkness at Noon 暗無天日
在日本三原,一對老夫婦被殺。當地刑警四處緝兇,在笠岡的金波妓院抓獲了兇手。他叫小島武志,是一個整日無所事事的青年。當局懷疑這是結夥強盜殺人案,根本不聽他的真實供詞,反而一再嚴刑拷打,無奈小島武志就誣陷了自己的朋友植村清治等四人。四人皆是失業工人,警察當局還是照樣對他們屈打成招。根據口供,法院判處植村清治死刑,而對真正的兇手小島武志則是無期徒刑。植村清治入獄後,妻子永井金子曾竭力奔走,還聘請了近藤律
Title:Mahiru no ankoku Year:1956 Genre:Drama Language:Japanese Country:Japan Director:Tadashi Imai Writer:Shinobu Hashimoto / Hiroshi Masaki Actors:Kôjirô Kusanagi / Sachiko Hidari / Taketoshi Naitô Plot:When an elderly couple is murdered, the police pick up the most likely suspect, a young loner. The authorities force a confession out of the suspect, who then insists that he had a pair of accomplices.