Willful Murder [263557] Released: 1981-11-07 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 132 mins Popularity: 1.008 Vote Average: 7.3 Vote Count: 3 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? Cast [58] Tatsuya NakadaiYashiro Ichirō NakataniToyama Isao HashimotoOno Akio Miyabe Yōko Asaji Shinji Ogawa Koji YakushoJournalist Jiro Kawarazaki Kei Yamamoto Shogen Nitta Yoshisuke Makino Seiichi Taguchi Mikijiro HiraOkuno Yoshio InabaHorii Shigeru Kōyama Yūsuke TakitaProsecutor Kawase Yasukiyo UmenoProsecutor Yamaoka Kentarô Kaji Kenichi Matsuno Junkichi Orimoto Junichi Hayakawa Kappei MatsumotoProfessor Hatano Torahiko Hamada Toru Takeuchi Yōsuke KondōProfessor Akita Minoru Hirano Go Endou Goro Ohashi Kōjirō Kusanagi Sen Yano Mikizo Hirata Toru Masuoka Hiroshi Kamiyama Kakuya Saeki Yuriko Abe Kiyoto Harada Shoji Wazawa Shin Tsuda Izou Oikawa Hiromi Hoshino Takashi EbataDriver Tamio Ishikura Morihiko Uchiyama Koji Koike Kenji Yasunaga Daisuke Iijima Masashi Furuta Kenji Aino Hisashi Igawa Takao ItōHoriuchi Kaneko IwasakiYoshiko Shimoyama Kinzō Shin Hideji Ōtaki Eitarō OzawaItoga Noboru Nakaya Kin Sugai Daisuke RyūMaruyama Junnosuke HiramitsuNarrator Trailers