Darkness at Noon

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Darkness at Noon

1956

2h 2m

6.9(5 votes)

Crime

Overview

Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.

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16 members

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草薙幸二郎

Seiji Uemura

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左幸子

Kaneko Nagai

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内藤武敏

Lawyer Kondo

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飯田蝶子

Tsuna Uemura

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松山照夫

Takeshi Kojima

No Image

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菅井一郎

Lawyer Yamamoto

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加藤嘉

Oshima

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織本順吉

Detective Sugita

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山茶花究

Shiraki

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芦田伸介

Yoshii

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北林谷栄

Satoe Miyazaki

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山村聰

Yuji

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殿山泰司

Uhei Matsumura

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矢野宣

Shokichi Aoki

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左右田一平

Unknown Role

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Masatsugu Makita

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