Willful Murder

Kei Kumai
1981-11-07


7.3
132 min

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?

Cast

Name Character Team
Tatsuya Nakadai Yashiro Unowned
Ichirō Nakatani Toyama Unowned
Isao Hashimoto Ono Unowned
Akio Miyabe Unowned
Yôko Asaji Unowned
Shinji Ogawa Unowned
Koji Yakusho Journalist Unowned
Jiro Kawarazaki Unowned
Kei Yamamoto Unowned
Shogen Nitta Unowned
Yoshisuke Makino Unowned
Seiichi Taguchi Unowned
Mikijiro Hira Okuno Unowned
Yoshio Inaba Horii Unowned
Shigeru Kōyama Unowned
Yûsuke Takita Prosecutor Kawase Unowned
Yasukiyo Umeno Prosecutor Yamaoka Unowned
Kentarô Kaji Unowned
Kenichi Matsuno Unowned
Junkichi Orimoto Unowned
Junichi Hayakawa Unowned
Kappei Matsumoto Professor Hatano Unowned
Torahiko Hamada Unowned
Toru Takeuchi Unowned
Yousuke Kondou Professor Akita Unowned
Minoru Hirano Unowned
Go Endou Unowned
Goro Ohashi Unowned
Kōjirō Kusanagi Unowned
Sen Yano Unowned
Mikizo Hirata Unowned
Toru Masuoka Unowned
Hiroshi Kamiyama Unowned
Kakuya Saeki Unowned
Yuriko Abe Unowned
Kiyoto Harada Unowned
Shoji Wazawa Unowned
Shin Tsuda Unowned
Izou Oikawa Unowned
Hiromi Hoshino Unowned
Takashi Ebata Driver Unowned
Tamio Ishikura Unowned
Morihiko Uchiyama Unowned
Koji Koike Unowned
Kenji Yasunaga Unowned
Daisuke Iijima Unowned
Masashi Furuta Unowned
Kenji Aino Unowned
Hisashi Igawa Unowned
Takao Ito Horiuchi Unowned
Kaneko Iwasaki Yoshiko Shimoyama Unowned
Kinzō Shin Unowned
Hideji Ōtaki Unowned
Eitarō Ozawa Itoga Unowned
Noboru Nakaya Unowned
Kin Sugai Unowned
Daisuke Ryū Maruyama Unowned
Junnosuke Hiramitsu Narrator (voice) Unowned