Willful Murder (1981)
2h 12m
Running Time
November 7, 1981Release Date
Plot.
The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and shutdowns. The government says that the president was murdered; the police claim it was a suicide. A quizzical reporter follows the case for years, but the basic question remains unanswered: was the victim killed by members of the burgeoning Communist movement in Japan, or was the death stage-managed by the authorities in hopes of discrediting the Communists?
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Cast & Crew.
Tatsuya Nakadai
Yashiro
Ichirō Nakatani
Toyama
Isao Hashimoto
Ono
Yôko Asaji
Kawada
Takashi Ebata
Driver
Kei Kumai
Director
Kimio Yada
Writer
Koji Yakusho
Journalist
Ryūzō Kikushima
Writer
Masayuki Satō
Producer
Masaru Satō
Composer
Mikijiro Hira
Okuno
Yoshio Inaba
Horii
Yûsuke Takita
Prosecutor Kawase
Yasukiyo Umeno
Prosecutor Yamaoka
Kappei Matsumoto
Professor Hatano
Yousuke Kondou
Professor Akita
Takao Ito
Horiuchi
Kaneko Iwasaki
Yoshiko Shimoyama
Eitarō Ozawa
Itoga
Daisuke Ryū
Maruyama
Junnosuke Hiramitsu
Narrator (voice)
Takeo Kimura
Art Direction
Shunichirō Nakao
Director of Photography
Kakuya Saeki
Yuriko Abe
Seiichi Taguchi
Hideji Ōtaki
Noboru Nakaya
Kenji Yasunaga
Daisuke Iijima
Masashi Furuta
Torahiko Hamada
Toru Takeuchi
Minoru Hirano
Go Endou
Goro Ohashi
Kōjirō Kusanagi
Hiromi Hoshino
Tamio Ishikura
Details.
Wiki.
Willful Murder (Nihon no Atsui Hibi Bōsatsu: Shimoyama Jiken (日本の熱い日々 謀殺・下山事件)) is a 1981 Japanese drama film directed by Kei Kumai. It dramatizes a journalist's investigation into the Shimoyama incident. It was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival.