Film

Willful Murder

1981 · 2h 12m · Drama

IMDb

8.1

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?

Tatsuya Nakadai

Yashiro

Ichirō Nakatani

Toyama

Isao Hashimoto

Ono

Akio Miyabe

Yōko Asaji

Shinji Ogawa

Koji Yakusho

Journalist

Jiro Kawarazaki

Kei Yamamoto

Shogen Nitta

Yoshisuke Makino

Seiichi Taguchi

Mikijiro Hira

Okuno

Yoshio Inaba

Horii

Shigeru Kōyama

Yūsuke Takita

Prosecutor Kawase

• Kei KumaiDirector
• Ryuzo KikushimaScreenplay
• Masayuki SatōProducer
• Shunichirō NakaoDirector of Photography
• Masaru SatōOriginal Music Composer
• Osamu InoueEditor

Release date

November 7, 1981

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

2h 12m

Genres

Drama