Murder of Akisou

Murder of Akisou (also known as Akubonosō no satsujin) is a 1957 daiei mystery film,Directed by Hiromasa Nomura.

## Plot

At midnight in the big city, beautician Hitomi Matsue was found dead in a luxury apartment, Akisou. She had a common-law relationship with commercial artist Ryuzo Minegishi. The perpetrator soon self-confessed, but it was Sumako Kuribayashi, a beautiful upstream wife. However, the words and actions seem to be hiding someone. Hidekichi Tanzawa, the chief lawyer of Shoso, calmly analyzes to solve the hidden mystery. Sumako was fond of Fumiko, the daughter of a friend who wasn't there, but she approached Minegishi, who she met suddenly, knowing that Matsue was there. However, by chance, Sumako and Minegishi were lovers at the time of their stay in Manchuria. She seems to have been guilty of thinking that Fumiko was too jealous to kill Matsue. Fumiko learns the secrets of her mother and Minegishi and, on the contrary, hates them. Fumiko has little motive to kill Matsue. Did Minegishi kill the obstacle Matsue in order to restore the old days? But he had an alibi. Tanzawa's reasoning and pursuit continues. And on the day he was sentenced, he named a surprising true criminal. The criminal is a former engineer at Manchuria Jilin Dam. He married a rich widow and committed murder to embezzle heritage, and Matsue Hitomi, who was in the dam office at the time, witnessed the scene. Ten years later, Matsue suddenly appeared in front of the criminal. The criminal had to kill her to protect her current peaceful life. And this time, the criminal was the widow's younger sister, Sumako's husband, Jushiro Kuribayashi, who was unexpectedly killed earlier. Sumako is shocked to know the truth. Jushiro committed a double murder just to get her. Touching his true heart, Sumako's chest, which he met with Jushiro, who was run over by a policeman, was filled with hot things.

## Cast

* Ken'ichi Kagame
* Michiyo Kogure
* Yasuko Kawakami
* Ryuji Shinagawa
* Shuji Sano
* Shunji Natsume
* Kazuko Wakamatsu
* Setsuko Hama
* Yoko Wakasugi
* Toshio Chiba

* Hyo Kitazawa
* Teruko Omi
* Keiko Mafu
* Shozo Nanbu
* Sentaro Godai
* Tadashi Iwata

* Hajime Koshikawa
* Kanae Kobayashi
* Masao Fujisaki
* Michio Yuri
* Akira Shiga

* Kazuo Obayashi
* Akemi Miyata
* Eiko Honma
* Tomiko Ishii
* Hiromi Ichida
* Takako Shima

## Staff

* directed by Hiromasa Nomura
* Screenplay Hajime Takaiwa
* Original Minoru Nakano
* Planning Shozaburo Asai Mitsuo Harada
* Production Kazuyoshi Takeda
* Photograph Chikichiro Takeda
* Art: Akira Naito
* Musics: Seiichi Suzuki
* Recording: Masahiro Okumura
* Illumination: Ichiji Shimazaki

## Titles

* Akisou's murder (Japanese title)
* Murder of Akisou  (Japanese: 曙荘の殺人,   **Hepburn:* Akebono no satsujin*?, Original Japanese release title)
* Akubonosō no satsujin (Worldwide release title)

## Overview

The original is Minoru Nakano's "Akiso Murder Case". The case unfolds when human lust and relatives are intertwined like a microcosm of the modern world. A unique thriller directed by Hajime Takaiwa of "Amejou" and directed by Hiromasa Nomura of "Adoration Training Ship". The main performers are Michiyo Kogure of "Amejo", Shuji Sano of "The Kid-Pack Horse Driver", Yasuko Kawakami of "Forgotten 8:13 pm", Ryuji Shinagawa, Shunji Natsume, Hyo Kitazawa, Yoko Wakasugi, Teruko Omi etc