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Willful Murder is a 1981 Japanese drama film
directed by Kei Kumai
. It was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival
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Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Kei Kumai
Kei Kumai
was a Japanese film director from Azumino, Nagano prefecture. After his studies in literature at Shinshu University, he worked as director's assistant....
. It was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival
32nd Berlin International Film Festival
The 32nd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 12 to February 23, 1982.-Jury:* Joan Fontaine * Vladimir Baskakov* Brigitte Fossey* Joe Hembus* László Lugossy* Gian Luigi Rondi* Helma Sanders-Brahms...
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Cast
- Yōko AsajiYoko Asajiis a Japanese actress from Shimizu , Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.Yōko starred in the NHK morning drama Kumo no Jūtan, achieving widespread popularity. Since then she has appeared in various television, film, and stage productions.In addition to contemporary roles, Yōko has taken parts in jidaigeki...
- Kaneko Iwasaki
- Tatsuya NakadaiTatsuya Nakadaiis a Japanese leading film actor.He became a star after he was discovered working as a Tokyo shop clerk by filmmaker Masaki Kobayashi during the early 1950s...
- Ichirō Nakatani
- Daisuke RyūDaisuke RyuDaisuke Ryu is a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan on 14 February 1957. He won the Japanese "best new actor" Blue ribbon award for his performance as the great warlord Oda Nobunaga in Akira Kurosawa's movie Kagemusha...
- Kōji Yakusho
- Kei Yamamoto