一具女尸被发现躺卧在森林里,被害人是23岁的的小食酒吧老板娘,数日后,一名19岁船厂工人被捕。事件在横滨地方法院开审。在审判过程中,许多不为人知的秘密却一一展现。The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a forest. Some days later, Ueda Hiroshi, a 19-year-old shipyard worker, is arrested and charged with the murder. At Ueda's trial, a complex story unfolds. "The Incident" is a study in unrestrained passion and jealousy.