Sweet Revenge (1977)
Original title: 霧の旗
Sweet Revenge is a 1977 Japanese-language mystery movie directed by Katsumi Nishikawa, with a running time of 1h 35m. It stars Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura and Rentaro Mikuni.
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.
Quick answers
What is Sweet Revenge about?
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.
When was Sweet Revenge released?
Sweet Revenge was released on 17 December 1977.
How long is Sweet Revenge?
Sweet Revenge runs 1h 35m.
Who made Sweet Revenge?
Sweet Revenge was directed by Katsumi Nishikawa.
Cast
- Momoe Yamaguchi as Kiriko Yanagida
- Tomokazu Miura as Keiichi Abe
- Rentaro Mikuni as Kinzo Otsuka
- Hiroshi Sekiguchi as Masao Yanagida
- Haruko Katō as Yoshiko Otsuka
- Izumi Hara as Kiku Watanabe
- Renji Ishibashi as Takeo Yamagami
- Ryūnosuke Kaneda as Lawyer Hyodo
- Miyuki Kojima as Nobuko Ehara
- Akiko Koyama as Michiko Kono
- Shigeru Kōyama as Editor Tanimura
- Yūsuke Natsu as Kenji Sugiura