Gentle Twelve
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Shun Nakahara
Kazuyuki Aijima
Koichi Ueda
Samekazu Nihei
Mariko Nakamura
Katsumi Muramatsu
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Inspired by Sidney Lumet's classic, "Twelve Angry Men" (USA/1957), this satiric film places a murder in Japan with a Japanese jury (although jury trials do not exist i Japan). Initially only one of the twelve jurors maintains that the defendant is guilty as charged.
Director
Shun Nakahara
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1991
Released in United States 1992
Released in United States 1995
Released in United States June 1992
Released in United States October 1994
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (out of competition) August 27 - September 7, 1992.
Shown at Sydney Film Festival June 4-19, 1992.
Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival September 27 - October 6, 1991.
Released in United States 1991 (Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival September 27 - October 6, 1991.)
Released in United States 1992 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (out of competition) August 27 - September 7, 1992.)
Released in United States 1995 (Shown in New York City (The Japan Society) as part of program "Leading Lights: Independent Japanese Cinema" October 28 - December 8, 1995.)
Released in United States 1995 (Shown in New York City (Walter Reade Theater) as part of program "Leading Lights: Independent Japanese Cinema" October 27 - November 16, 1995.)
Released in United States June 1992 (Shown at Sydney Film Festival June 4-19, 1992.)
Released in United States October 1994 (Shown in Los Angeles (Japan America Society) as part of program "Japan Today Film Festival" October 21-27, 1994.)
