A wife's love letter becomes a legal weapon against war crimes guilt.
An medical student unwillingly assists in human experiments on American POWs during WWII and gets sentenced to death in the Yokohama War Trials. His wife fights for a reduction of sentence.
Acting
Yu Aoi's letters read like weaponized vulnerability.
Writing
Dialogue that sounds like testimony and poetry.
Director
Tanaka Tadashi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on actual Unit 731-adjacent trials where Japanese medical staff received surprisingly light sentences compared to execution-deserving crimes.
The title translates to 'I Couldn't Help It' — the exact phrase Taichi uses, which becomes the film's interrogation of exculpatory language.
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