Chief editor Shiro Kamisaka (Hisaya Morishige) of Sankei Publishing Inc. is being tried for embezzlement and the staging of Chiyo Umehara's suicide. The victim is a woman who's said to have had sexual relations with the defendant. Four intertwined witnesses: a critic, Shiro's employee, a singer, and his wife, are all called to the stand. His destiny now lies in their hands.
Shiro Kamisaka
Masako
Chiyo Umehara
Prosecutor
Sachiko Nagai
Hotta
Tomoko Togawa
Tetsuo Imamura
Hotta's Colleague
Judge
Sankei Publishing Inc. President
Detective
Yamagishi
Court Guard
Ōmori
Imamura House Maid
Sankei Publishing Inc. Secretary
Natsuko
Nightclub Waitress
Miki
Record Company Monitoring
Sankei Publishing Inc. Employee B
Apartment Resident
Printing Factory Employee
Sankei Publishing Inc. Employee A