Willful Murder

{{short description|1981 film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Nihon no Atsui Hibi Bōsatsu: Shimoyama Jiken

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| director = Kei Kumai

| producer = Masayuki Satō

| writer = Kimio Yada
Ryūzō Kikushima

| starring = Tatsuya Nakadai

| cinematography = Shunichiro Nakao

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| released = {{film date|1981|11|7|df=yes}}

| runtime = 132 minutes

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

}}

Willful Murder ({{Nihongo|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.{{cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/11/movies/willful-murder-from-japan.html |title= 'Willful Murder' From Japan |first= Janet |last= Maslin |work= The New York Times |date= June 11, 1982 |access-date= October 21, 2023 |archive-date= October 21, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231021060232/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/11/movies/willful-murder-from-japan.html |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sankei.co.jp/enak/2007/glace/may/kiji/23obits_kumaikei.html|title=映画監督の熊井啓氏が死去|publisher=Fuji Sankei Shinbun|access-date=2 November 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.shochiku.co.jp/cinema/database/04114/ |title=日本の熱い日々 謀殺・下山事件 |publisher=松竹|access-date=28 December 2020}} It dramatizes a journalist's investigation into the Shimoyama incident. It was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1982/02_programm_1982/02_Programm_1982.html |title=Berlinale: 1982 Programme |access-date=14 November 2010 |work=berlinale.de}}