Willful Murder

The story

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

T Tatsuya NakadaiYashiro I Ichirō NakataniToyama I Isao HashimotoOno A Akio Miyabe Y Yōko Asaji S Shinji Ogawa K Koji YakushoJournalist J Jiro Kawarazaki K Kei Yamamoto S Shogen Nitta Y Yoshisuke Makino S Seiichi Taguchi

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M Mikijiro HiraOkuno Y Yoshio InabaHorii S Shigeru Kōyama Y Yūsuke TakitaProsecutor Kawase Y Yasukiyo UmenoProsecutor Yamaoka K Kentarô Kaji K Kenichi Matsuno J Junkichi Orimoto J Junichi Hayakawa K Kappei MatsumotoProfessor Hatano T Torahiko Hamada T Toru Takeuchi Y Yōsuke KondōProfessor Akita M Minoru Hirano G Go Endou G Goro Ohashi K Kōjirō Kusanagi S Sen Yano M Mikizo Hirata T Toru Masuoka H Hiroshi Kamiyama K Kakuya Saeki Y Yuriko Abe K Kiyoto Harada S Shoji Wazawa S Shin Tsuda I Izou Oikawa H Hiromi Hoshino T Takashi EbataDriver T Tamio Ishikura M Morihiko Uchiyama K Koji Koike K Kenji Yasunaga D Daisuke Iijima M Masashi Furuta K Kenji Aino H Hisashi Igawa T Takao ItōHoriuchi K Kaneko IwasakiYoshiko Shimoyama K Kinzō Shin H Hideji Ōtaki E Eitarō OzawaItoga N Noboru Nakaya K Kin Sugai D Daisuke RyūMaruyama J Junnosuke HiramitsuNarrator (voice)