A crowded train, a false accusation, and one rookie cop's first arrest spirals into something far uglier.
One day, Tomonaga Takashi, a medical representative of pharmaceutical company Tenei Seiyaku, is suddenly suspected of molesting inside a train by male and female strangers. He has an important appointment and tries to get away. However, Nitta Masato, who rushed over from the police box in front of the train station where he had been on duty, arrests Tomonaga as he fights back. This is Nitta’s first achievement as a new police officer.
Acting
Endo's desperate unraveling vs. Ito's rigid conviction—both devastating.
Direction
Hijikata traps you in that train car's suffocating ambiguity.
Writing
The accusation spreads like a virus; no one asks, everyone assumes.
Director
Masato Hijikata
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Kyotaro Nishimura's novel, it exposes Japan's 99% conviction rate and the social pressure to confess regardless of guilt.
The title's 'crow' refers to police badge insignia—birds that supposedly bring truth, yet here they flock to false certainty.
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