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Willful Murder is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Kei Kumai with Yōko Asaji
Willful Murder (1981)
Nihon no Atsui Hibi Bōsatsu: Shimoyama Jiken
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Add to a movie listWillful Murder (Nihon no Atsui Hibi Bōsatsu: Shimoyama Jiken (日本の熱い日々 謀殺・下山事件)) is a 1981 Japanese drama film directed by Kei Kumai. It was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival.
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Le président des Chemins de fer nationaux japonais est retrouvé mort pendant une période où le service ferroviaire est perturbé par de nombreux licenciements, grèves et fermetures. Le gouvernement affirme que le président a été assassiné ; la police prétend qu'il s'agit d'un suicide. Un journaliste perplexe suit l'affaire pendant des années, mais la question fondamentale reste sans réponse : la victime a-t-elle été tuée par des membres du mouvement communiste naissant au Japon, ou la mort a-t-elle été mise en scène par les autorités dans l'espoir de discréditer les communistes ?Actors
Yōko Asaji
Tatsuya Nakadai
(Yashiro)
Mikijirō Hira
(Okuno)
Kōji Yakusho
(Journalist)
Hisashi Igawa
(Korean prisoner)
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