A Wife Confesses
Original title: Tsuma wa kokuhaku suru
1961 · 1 h 31 min
Yasuzo MasumuraCast
Ayako Wakao 
Hiroshi Kawaguchi 
Eitarō Ozawa Haruko Mabuchi 
Jun Negami 
Hideo Takamatsu
Credits
Written by: Masato Ide
Plot
A woman is tried for the death of her husband on a mountain climb, and the court hears a story of love, rope and guilt.
Sinekatalog’s take
Yasuzo Masumura's Japanese drama, with Ayako Wakao and Keizo Kawasaki, is a tense and ambiguous courtroom melodrama.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (1,011 votes)
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