Willful Murder (1981): Cast
Willful Murder is a 1981 drama directed by Kei Kumai, starring Tatsuya Nakadai as Yashiro, Ichirô Nakatani and Yoshio Inaba. It runs 2 hours 12 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 12m (132 min)
- Director
- Kei Kumai
- Genre
- Drama
- Original language
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Japanese - Studio
- Haiyuza Eiga Hoso Company
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Willful Murder About?
The premise of Willful Murder without spoilers.
Amid layoffs, strikes and service shutdowns on Japan’s railways, the president of Japanese National Railways is found dead. The government calls it murder; police say suicide. A persistent reporter investigates for years, probing whether Communists killed him or the authorities staged the death to discredit the communist movement.
Willful Murder Cast & Characters
Tatsuya Nakadai leads the cast as Yashiro, with Ichirô Nakatani as Toyama and Yoshio Inaba as Horii. Directed by Kei Kumai; 58 actors are credited in all.
- Director Kei Kumai
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Tatsuya Nakadai as Yashiro -
Ichirô Nakatani as Toyama -
Yoshio Inaba as Horii -
Hideji Ôtaki
Also Starring in Willful Murder
· 54 more- Hisashi Igawa
- Daisuke Ryû Maruyama
- Junkichi Orimoto
- Kinzô Shin
- Eitarô Ozawa Itoga
- Koji Yakusho Journalist
- Mikijiro Hira Okuno
- Kin Sugai
- Takashi Ebata Driver
- Kappei Matsumoto Professor Hatano
- Kaneko Iwasaki Yoshiko Shimoyama
- Shigeru Kōyama
- Kei Yamamoto
- Yasukiyo Umeno Prosecutor Yamaoka
- Kōjirō Kusanagi
- Torahiko Hamada
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- Daisuke Iijima
- Noboru Nakaya
- Toru Masuoka
- Shinji Ogawa
- Isao Hashimoto Ono
- Yūsuke Takita Prosecutor Kawase
- Yōsuke Kondō Professor Akita
- Takao Ito Horiuchi
- Sen Yano
- Jiro Kawarazaki
- Yuriko Abe
- Kentarô Kaji
- Toru Takeuchi
- Kiyoto Harada
- Ken'ichi Matsuno
- Shogen Nitta
- Akio Miyabe
- Junnosuke Hiramitsu Narrator (voice)
- Kakuya Saeki
- Izou Oikawa
- Minoru Hirano
- Junichi Hayakawa
- Go Endou
- Yōko Asaji
- Morihiko Uchiyama
- Hiroshi Kamiyama
- Goro Ohashi
- Koji Koike
- Kenji Yasunaga
- Tamio Ishikura
- Seiichi Taguchi
- Mikizo Hirata
- Kenji Aino
- Yoshisuke Makino
- Shoji Wazawa
- Shin Tsuda
- Hiromi Hoshino
- Masashi Furuta
More from Kei Kumai
More films directed by Kei Kumai, best-rated first: The Sea Is Watching, Darkness in the Light, To Love and Deep River.
Willful Murder Also Known As
5 alternative titles, including “Nihon no atsui hibi bôsatsu: Shimoyama jiken” and “Morderstwo z premedytacją”.
- Also known as
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- Nihon no atsui hibi bôsatsu: Shimoyama jiken
- Morderstwo z premedytacją
- Nihon no atsui hibi bōsatsu: Shimoyama jiken
- L'Affaire Shimoyama
- 下山事件
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Willful Murder FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast, post-credit scenes and language of Willful Murder, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Willful Murder?
Willful Murder runs 2 hours 12 minutes (132 minutes).
When was Willful Murder released?
Willful Murder was released on November 7, 1981.
Who directed Willful Murder?
Willful Murder was directed by Kei Kumai.
More films by Kei Kumai Who is in the cast of Willful Murder?
Willful Murder stars Tatsuya Nakadai as Yashiro, Ichirô Nakatani as Toyama and Yoshio Inaba as Horii, among 58 credited actors.
Does Willful Murder have a post-credit scene?
No. Willful Murder has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is Willful Murder in?
The original language of Willful Murder is Japanese.
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