The Gentle 12

12人の優しい日本人

Also known as １２人の優しい日本人, Juuninin no Yasashii Nihonjin, Juninin no Yasashii Nihonjin, 12 nin no yasashii nihonjin, 12个善良的日本人

The film opens as a jury is about to acquit a defendant -- a bar hostess who pushed her ex-husband path of an oncoming truck, supposedly in self-defense. Just as everyone seems to be in agreement over the woman's innocence, one juror voices second thoughts.