The Incident
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Yoshitaro Nomura^[1]^[2]
Written by	Kaneto Shindo
Based on	Jiken by Shōhei Ōoka
Starring	Keiko Matsuzaka Toshiyuki Nagashima Shinobu Otake Tsunehiko Watase Tetsurō Tamba Shinsuke Ashida Shin Saburi Nobuko Otowa Kō Nishimura Hisaya Morishige
Cinematography	Takashi Kawamata
Music by	Yasushi Akutagawa
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	June 3, 1978 (1978-06-03)
Running time	138 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Incident (事件, Jiken) is a 1978 Japanese film directed by Yoshitaro Nomura. Among many awards, it was chosen as the Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.^[3] The film is based on the novel by Shōhei Ōoka.

Cast

Keiko Matsuzaka: Hatsuko Sakai
Shinobu Otake: Yoshiko Sakai
Toshiyuki Nagashima: Hiroshi Ueda
Tsunehiko Watase: Takeshi Hanai
Tetsurō Tamba: Kikuchi
Kei Yamamoto
Junko Natsu
Shinsuke Ashida: Okabe
Shin Saburi
Nobuko Otowa: Sumie Sakai
Kō Nishimura
Tanie Kitabayashi
Tsutomu Isobe
Takanobu Hozumi
Asao Sano
Hisaya Morishige

Bibliography

References

External links

Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Film

The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
The Incident (1978)
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Zigeunerweisen (1980)
Station (1981)
Fall Guy (1982)
The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
The Funeral (1984)
Gray Sunset (1985)
House on Fire (1986)
A Taxing Woman (1987)
The Silk Road (1988)
Black Rain (1989)
Childhood Days (1990)
My Sons (1991)
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)
A Class to Remember (1993)
Crest of Betrayal (1994)
A Last Note (1995)
Shall We Dance? (1996)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Begging for Love (1998)
Poppoya (1999)
After the Rain (2000)
Spirited Away (2001)
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003)
Half a Confession (2004)
Always Sanchōme no Yūhi (2005)
Hula Girls (2006)
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
Departures (2008)
Shizumanu Taiyō (2009)
Confessions (2010)
Rebirth (2011)
The Kirishima Thing (2012)
The Great Passage (2013)
The Eternal Zero (2014)
Our Little Sister (2015)
Shin Godzilla (2016)
The Third Murder (2017)
Shoplifters (2018)
The Journalist (2019)
Midnight Swan (2020)
Drive My Car (2021)
A Man (2022)
Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Mainichi Film Award for Best Film

Mainichi Film Award for Best Film
1946–1960	Aru yo no Tonosama (1946) Ima Hitotabi no (1947) Drunken Angel (1948) Late Spring (1949) Until We Meet Again (1950) Repast (1951) Ikiru (1952) An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953) Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) Floating Clouds (1955) Mahiru no ankoku (1956) The Rice People (1957) The Ballad of Narayama (1958) Kiku to Isamu (1959) Her Brother (1960)
1961–1980	A Soldier's Prayer (1961) Harakiri (1962) High and Low (1963) Woman in the Dunes (1964) Red Beard (1965) Shiroi Kyotō (1966) Samurai Rebellion (1967) The Profound Desire of the Gods (1968) Double Suicide (1969) Where Spring Comes Late (1970) Silence (1971) The Long Darkness (1972) Tsugaru Folk Song (1973) Castle of Sand (1974) The Fossil (1975) Fumō Chitai (1976) The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) The Incident (1978) Nomugi Pass (1979) Kagemusha (1980)
1981–2000	Muddy River (1981) Fall Guy (1982) Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) W's Tragedy (1984) Ran (1985) The Sea and Poison (1986) A Taxing Woman (1987) My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Black Rain (1989) Childhood Days (1990) My Sons (1991) Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992) All Under the Moon (1993) A Dedicated Life (1994) A Last Note (1995) Shall We Dance? (1996) Princess Mononoke (1997) Begging for Love (1998) Poppoya (1999) Face (2000)
2001–2020	Spirited Away (2001) The Twilight Samurai (2002) Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003) Blood and Bones (2004) Break Through! (2005) Sway (2006) I Just Didn't Do It (2007) Departures (2008) The Unbroken (2009) Villain (2010) Postcard (2011) A Terminal Trust (2012) The Great Passage (2013) My Man (2014) Three Stories of Love (2015) Shin Godzilla (2016) Hanagatami (2017) Shoplifters (2018) Listen to the Universe (2019) Mother (2020)
2021–present	Drive My Car (2021) Small, Slow But Steady (2022) Okiku and the World (2023)

Films directed by Yoshitaro Nomura