Willful Murder
日本の熱い日々 謀殺・下山事件
Release: 1981-11-07
·Runtime: 132m
·★ 7.3
Drama
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?
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Haiyuza Eiga Hoso Company
Cast
Isao Hashimoto
as Ono
Go Endou
Hisashi Igawa
Sen Yano
Hideji Ōtaki
Shigeru Kōyama
Koji Yakusho
as Journalist
Yasukiyo Umeno
as Prosecutor Yamaoka
Kaneko Iwasaki
as Yoshiko Shimoyama
Yoshio Inaba
as Horii
Kin Sugai
Torahiko Hamada
Yūsuke Takita
as Prosecutor Kawase
Shinji Ogawa
Yōsuke Kondō
as Professor Akita
Minoru Hirano
Toru Masuoka
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Yashiro
Kei Yamamoto
Ichirō Nakatani
as Toyama
Yōko Asaji
Takashi Ebata
as Driver
Takao Itō
as Horiuchi
Junkichi Orimoto
Kinzō Shin
Noboru Nakaya
Daisuke Ryū
as Maruyama
Kōjirō Kusanagi
Eitarō Ozawa
as Itoga
Izou Oikawa
Daisuke Iijima
Jiro Kawarazaki
Mikijiro Hira
as Okuno
