The Fixer (Japanese: 日本の黒幕, Hepburn: Nihon no Fixer)[1] is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata.[2][3] Inspired by Lockheed bribery scandals. Modeling on Kakuei Tanaka and Yoshio Kodama, the film depicts the collusion between Japanese right-wing organizations and the political and business world.[4] Nagisa Oshima was due to direct this film.[5]
| Nihon no Fixer The Fixer | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Yasuo Furuhata |
| Screenplay by | Kōji Takada |
| Produced by | Gōrō Kusakabe |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Hajime Kaburagi |
| Distributed by | Toei |
Release date |
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Running time | 131 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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Yamaoka is a fixer who made a man the prime minister of Japan, but he is being pursued for violating the Foreign Exchange Law and tax evasion in a fraudulent case involving the sale of aircraft. One day a boy tries to kill Yamaoka, but fails because Imaizumi stops him, and Yamaoka names him Koichi and makes him his subordinate.[3][6][7]
Cast edit
- Shin Saburi as Yamakuni (modeled after Yoshio Kodama)
- Masakazu Tamura as Imaizumi
- Kayo Matsuo as Masako Yamaoka
- Kyoko Enami as Toshiko Yamaoka
- Akira Nakao as Dan
- Seizō Fukumoto as Nakahashi
- Harumi Sone as Yutaka Ikeuchi
- Junkichi Orimoto as Tsunuma
- Ryunosuke Kaneda as Hirayama
- Maki Tachibana as Kayoko Sawai
- Masataka Iwao as Yuji Maejima
- Etsushi Takahashi as Masao Kaga
- Nenji Kobayashi as Shunsuke Mizumaki
- Ichirō Nakatani as Yoshino
- Kunie Tanaka as Tatsuo Ryuzaki
- Noboru Nakaya as Suzumura
- Ichirō Arishima as Heikichi Shibuya
- Mikio Narita as Yasuzo Morishima
- Chomei Soganoya as Tasuo Osanai(modeled after Kakuei Tanaka)
- Tatsuo Umemiya as Takayoshi Oguri
References edit
- ^ "The Hawaii Herald - Hawaii's Japanese American Journal".
- ^ "日本の黒幕とは". kotobank. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ a b "日本の黒幕". 一般社団法人 日本映画製作者連盟・. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ^ 大島渚著作集〈第3巻〉わが映画を解体する』 現代思潮新社、2009 p.290-292 ISBN 9784329004611
- ^ あの暑かった夏のこと 内藤 誠 - 日本映画監督協会 - Directors Guild of Japan内藤誠 監督ばか 彩流社、2014 p.154-160 ISBN 978-4-7791-7016-4
- ^ "日本の黒幕". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "日本の黒幕". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
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