Movielogr
Willful Murder (1981)
Directed by Kei Kumai
Overview
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?
Length 132 minutes
Actors
Tatsuya Nakadai | Ichirô Nakatani | Isao Hashimoto | Akio Miyabe | Yôko Asaji | Shinji Ogawa | Koji Yakusho | Jiro Kawarazaki | Kei Yamamoto | Shogen Nitta | Yoshisuke Makino | Seiichi Taguchi | Mikijiro Hira | Yoshio Inaba | Shigeru Kôyama | Yûsuke Takita | Yasukiyo Umeno | Kentarô Kaji | Kenichi Matsuno | Junkichi Orimoto | Junichi Hayakawa | Kappei Matsumoto | Torahiko Hamada | Toru Takeuchi | Yôsuke Kondô | Minoru Hirano | Gô Endô | Goro Ohashi | Kôjirô Kusanagi | Sen Yano | Mikizo Hirata | Tôru Masuoka | Hiroshi Kamiyama | Kakuya Saeki | Yuriko Abe | Kiyoto Harada | Shoji Wazawa | Shin Tsuda | Izou Oikawa | Hiromi Hoshino | Takashi Ebata | Tamio Ishikura | Morihiko Uchiyama | Koji Koike | Kenji Yasunaga | Daisuke Iijima | Masashi Furuta | Kenji Aino | Hisashi Igawa | Takao Ito | Kaneko Iwasaki | Kinzô Shin | Hideji Ôtaki | Eitarô Ozawa | Noboru Nakaya | Kin Sugai | Daisuke Ryû | Junnosuke Hiramitsu