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I Just Didn't Do It

Original title: Soredemo boku wa yattenai
  • 2006
  • 2h 23m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
1.9K
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Ryo Kase in I Just Didn't Do It (2006)
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A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all the while insisting that he is innocent.A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all the while insisting that he is innocent.A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all the while insisting that he is innocent.

  • Director
    • Masayuki Suô
  • Writer
    • Masayuki Suô
  • Stars
    • Ryo Kase
    • Asaka Seto
    • Kôji Yamamoto
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    1.9K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Masayuki Suô
    • Writer
      • Masayuki Suô
    • Stars
      • Ryo Kase
      • Asaka Seto
      • Kôji Yamamoto
    • 13User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 19 wins & 12 nominations

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    Ryo Kase
    Ryo Kase
    • Teppei Kaneko
    • (as Ryô Kase)
    Asaka Seto
    • Riko Sudo, Lawyer
    Kôji Yamamoto
    Kôji Yamamoto
    • Tatsuo Saito
    Masako Motai
    Masako Motai
    • Toyoko kaneko
    Kôji Yakusho
    Kôji Yakusho
    • Masayoshi Arakawa, Lawyer
    Daisuke Honda
    Hirotarô Honda
    • Hideo Mitsui
    Yosuke Ishii
    • Keizo Hirayama
    Toshiyuki Kitami
    • Takashi Miyamoto
    Fumiyo Kohinata
    Fumiyo Kohinata
    • Shogo Muroyama
    Tôru Masuoka
    • Seiichiro Tamura
    Ken Mitsuishi
    • Mitsuru Sada
    Shin'ya Ohwada
    • Toshio Hiroyasu
    • (as Shin'ya Ôwada)
    Toshinori Omi
    Hidemi Sekiguchi
    • Supporter
    Misa Shimizu
    Misa Shimizu
    Daikichi Sugawara
    Daikichi Sugawara
    Kôsuke Suzuki
      • Director
        • Masayuki Suô
      • Writer
        • Masayuki Suô
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        Japan's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008).

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      9/10
      One perspective on the Japanese justice system
      The film follows the procedures of an unfortunate man as he is arrested, indicted, and tried for groping, a criminal offense. Throughout, the audience is confronted with moral dilemmas, questions on the most basic, most fundamental principles of the justice system and court procedure. Of course, the basic tenet is "innocent until proved guilty," but how does a court truly guarantee such? How does a justice system work efficiently without error? How should the justice system correct itself when there is a mistake? And how should the defendant act when he is wrongly accused? These questions are relevant to any nation, not just Japan.

      Despite all the considerations of a highly developed democratic system, the main character, Teppei, still finds himself in the most unfortunate situation of being indicted for a crime he did not commit. Japan has checks and balances different from the United States or other western nations. Most innocent people are freed in the Kensatsu (something similar to the prosecutor) and are never indicted. In a sense, there is a court involving investigation, before the actual court. That a defendant, before entering a court room, has already been found guilty in two separate investigations renders the court a place to merely decide what the punishment should be. This is the reality of 99.9% guilty rate (which includes those who plead guilty). Teppei finds himself in the unlucky situation where he actually gets indicted despite being innocent.

      After seeing this movie, many people, especially non-Japanese, will get the wrong impression of the Japanese justice system, which is a lot more fair than this film gives credit to. Regardless, the film presents a very valuable and justified perspective of the way criminal cases are handled in Japan and forces us to contemplate the concept of courts regardless of nation.
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      • Aug 16, 2007

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      • Release date
        • January 20, 2007 (Japan)
      • Country of origin
        • Japan
      • Official site
        • Official site (Japan)
      • Language
        • Japanese
      • Also known as
        • Even So, I Didn't Do It
      • Filming locations
        • Tokyo, Japan
      • Production companies
        • Altamira Pictures Inc.
        • Fuji Television Network
        • Toho Company
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      • Gross worldwide
        • $9,666,242
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      • Runtime
        2 hours 23 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Dolby Digital
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.85 : 1

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