Mahiru no ankoku

{{Infobox film

| name = Mahiru no Ankoku

| image = Mahiru no Ankoku.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| native_name = {{Infobox Japanese| kanji = 真昼の暗黒}}

| director = Tadashi Imai

| producer = Tengo Yamada

| writer = {{ubl|Shinobu Hashimoto|Hiroshi Masaki (book)}}

| starring = {{ubl|Kōjirō Kusanagi|Sachiko Hidari|Taketoshi Naitō|Chōko Iida|Sō Yamamura}}

| music = Akira Ifukube

| cinematography = Shun'ichirō Nakao

| editing =

| studio = Gendai Production

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1956|03|27|Japan|df=yes}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=24760 |title=真昼の暗黒 (Mahiru no ankoku) |website=Kinenote |language=ja |access-date=29 May 2022}}

| runtime = 122 mins.

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

}}

{{Nihongo|Mahiru no Ankoku|真昼の暗黒||{{lit|Darkness at Noon}}}} is a 1956 Japanese drama film directed by Tadashi Imai.{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%9C%9F%E6%98%BC%E3%81%AE%E6%9A%97%E9%BB%92-739844 |title=真昼の暗黒 (Mahiru no ankoku) |website=Kotobank |language=ja |access-date=29 May 2022}} It is based on an actual court case,{{cite web|title=Darkness At Noon (Mahiru no ankoku) |url=https://bampfa.org/event/darkness-noon-mahiru-no-ankoku |website=UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) |date=22 December 2014 |access-date=29 May 2022}} described in the non-fiction book "Saibankan–Hito no inochi wa kenryoku de ubaeru mono ka" by attorney Hiroshi Masaki.