Willful Murder

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?

Directed by Kei Kumai

Top cast

Tatsuya Nakadai

Yashiro

Ichirō Nakatani

Toyama

Isao Hashimoto

Ono

A

Akio Miyabe

Yōko Asaji

Shinji Ogawa

Koji Yakusho

Journalist

Jiro Kawarazaki

Kei Yamamoto

S

Shogen Nitta

Y

Yoshisuke Makino

S

Seiichi Taguchi

Mikijiro Hira

Okuno

Yoshio Inaba

Horii

Shigeru Kōyama

Yūsuke Takita

Prosecutor Kawase

Yasukiyo Umeno

Prosecutor Yamaoka

K

Kentarô Kaji

K

Kenichi Matsuno

Junkichi Orimoto

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