How Many Willful Murder (1981) Cast Members Are Still Alive?

Name: Willful Murder
Released: 1981
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Ichirō Nakatani, Isao Hashimoto, Akio Miyabe, Yōko Asaji

Willful Murder (1981) featured a cast of 58 tracked actors. Of these, 17 (36%) are still alive today and 30 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Takashi Ebata, age 97. This film starred Tatsuya Nakadai and Ichirō Nakatani.

36% still with us· verified cast29% of full cast · incl. 11 unverified

Survivorship

Cast Reunion Index: 36% still living

Avg. Age at Death: 81.3 yrs

Deaths by Year

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Cast58 members

Person	Character	Status	DOB ▲▼	Age	DOD ▲▼	Age in 1981 ▲▼
Tatsuya Nakadai Yashiro	Yashiro	Deceased	13/12/1932	92	08/11/2025	49
Ichirō Nakatani Toyama	Toyama	Deceased	15/10/1930	73	01/04/2004	51
Isao Hashimoto Ono	Ono	Deceased	26/12/1941	58	12/02/2000	40
Akio Miyabe		Deceased	26/02/1931	75	17/06/2006	50
Yōko Asaji		Living	02/04/1951	75	—	30
Shinji Ogawa		Deceased	19/02/1941	74	07/03/2015	40
Koji Yakusho Journalist	Journalist	Living	01/01/1956	70	—	25
Jiro Kawarazaki		Deceased	18/01/1941	79	01/07/2020	40
Kei Yamamoto		Deceased	01/07/1940	81	31/03/2022	41
Shogen Nitta		Deceased	13/08/1934	70	18/11/2004	47
Yoshisuke Makino		Unverified	—	—	—	—
Seiichi Taguchi		Deceased	04/02/1930	95	21/10/2025	51
Mikijiro Hira Okuno	Okuno	Deceased	21/11/1933	82	22/10/2016	48
Yoshio Inaba Horii	Horii	Deceased	15/07/1920	77	20/04/1998	61
Shigeru Kōyama		Deceased	16/01/1929	87	03/01/2017	52
Yūsuke Takita Prosecutor Kawase	Prosecutor Kawase	Deceased	29/11/1930	84	03/05/2015	51
Yasukiyo Umeno Prosecutor Yamaoka	Prosecutor Yamaoka	Deceased	14/07/1933	87	25/08/2020	48
Kentarô Kaji		Living	15/06/1935	91	—	46
Kenichi Matsuno		Unverified	—	—	—	—
Junkichi Orimoto		Deceased	09/02/1927	92	18/03/2019	54
Junichi Hayakawa		Unverified	—	—	—	—
Kappei Matsumoto Professor Hatano	Professor Hatano	Deceased	25/04/1905	90	03/10/1995	76
Torahiko Hamada		Deceased	18/09/1919	90	15/10/2009	62
Toru Takeuchi		Deceased	16/05/1927	79	04/08/2006	54
Yōsuke Kondō Professor Akita	Professor Akita	Deceased	08/08/1933	91	01/11/2024	48
Minoru Hirano		Living	01/12/1937	88	—	44
Go Endou		Living	10/02/1938	88	—	43
Goro Ohashi		Living	27/10/1956	69	—	25
Kōjirō Kusanagi		Deceased	19/09/1929	78	11/11/2007	52
Sen Yano		Deceased	11/02/1928	82	17/09/2010	53
Mikizo Hirata		Unverified	—	—	—	—
Toru Masuoka		Living	23/08/1956	70	—	25
Hiroshi Kamiyama		Deceased	24/09/1932	85	17/01/2018	49
Kakuya Saeki		Unverified	—	—	—	—
Yuriko Abe		Living	11/06/1933	93	—	48
Kiyoto Harada		Living	02/09/1935	91	—	46
Shoji Wazawa		Deceased	18/02/1914	74	17/04/1988	67
Shin Tsuda		Unverified	—	—	—	—
Izou Oikawa		Living	05/03/1960	66	—	21
Hiromi Hoshino		Unverified	—	—	—	—
Takashi Ebata Driver	Driver	Living	15/12/1928	97	—	53
Tamio Ishikura		Living	31/08/1947	79	—	34
Morihiko Uchiyama		Living	27/05/1936	90	—	45
Koji Koike		Living	09/12/1962	63	—	19
Kenji Yasunaga		Unverified	—	—	—	—
Daisuke Iijima		Living	02/01/1950	76	—	31
Masashi Furuta		Unverified	—	—	—	—
Kenji Aino		Unverified	—	—	—	—
Hisashi Igawa		Living	17/11/1936	89	—	45
Takao Itō Horiuchi	Horiuchi	Deceased	31/01/1937	87	14/08/2024	44
Kaneko Iwasaki Yoshiko Shimoyama	Yoshiko Shimoyama	Living	25/10/1932	93	—	49
Kinzō Shin		Deceased	09/07/1910	78	26/12/1988	71
Hideji Ōtaki		Deceased	06/06/1925	87	02/10/2012	56
Eitarō Ozawa Itoga	Itoga	Deceased	27/03/1909	79	23/04/1988	72
Noboru Nakaya		Deceased	04/05/1929	77	16/11/2006	52
Kin Sugai		Deceased	28/02/1926	92	10/08/2018	55
Daisuke Ryū Maruyama	Maruyama	Deceased	14/02/1957	64	11/04/2021	24
Junnosuke Hiramitsu Narrator (voice)	Narrator (voice)	Unverified	—	—	—	—