''The Partner'' (Vietnamese: ''Người cộng sự''; Japanese: ''Za Pātonā ~ itoshiki hyakunen no tomo e ~'') is a 2013 Japanese-Vietnamese historical

telefilm A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for ...

based on the true story of the Vietnamese independence fighter

Phan Bội Châu Phan Bội Châu (; 26 December 1867 – 29 October 1940), born Phan Văn San, courtesy name Hải Thụ (later changed to Sào Nam), was a pioneer of Vietnamese 20th century nationalism. In 1903, he formed a revolutionary organization called ' ...

and his Japanese friend Asaba Sakitaro. The film aired on September 29, 2013 on

Vietnam Television Vietnam Television ( vi, Đài Truyền hình Việt Nam), or VTV, is the national television broadcaster of Vietnam. As the state broadcaster under the direction of the government of Vietnam, VTV is tasked with "propagating the views of the ...

in Vietnam and

Tokyo Broadcasting System Television JORX-DTV, branded as is the flagship station of the Japan News Network (JNN), owned-and-operated by , a subsidiary of JNN's owner, TBS Holdings. It operates in the Kantō region and broadcasts its content nationally through TBS-JNN Networ ...

in Japan.

Cast

Meiji era

Noriyuki Higashiyama is a Japanese singer, actor, and member of the idol group Shonentai. He is married to actress Yoshino Kimura. Filmography Film * '' Love Forever'' (1983) * ''Aitsu to Lullaby'' (1983) – Hiroshi Machida * '' Nineteen'' (1987) – East * ''Maji ...

as Asaba Sakitaro *Huỳnh Đông as

*Bình Minh as

Cường Để Cường Để (, ; born Nguyễn Phước Dân ( vi-hantu, 阮福民); 11 January 1882 - 5 April 1951) was an early 20th-century Vietnamese revolutionary who, along with Phan Bội Châu, unsuccessfully tried to liberate Vietnam from French colo ...

Emi Takei is a Japanese actress and model. Biography Takei was born in Nagoya. Aspiring to become a model, she declared to her parents on her entry to junior high school that she would become a model within three years. In 2006, she entered the 11th Japa ...

as Oiwa Akane *

Kazue Fukiishi is a Japanese actress and former gravure idol. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival for ''What the Snow Brings'', ''Tegami'', and ''Memories of Tomorrow''. Career Fukiishi starred in Takuji Suzuki's '' ...

as Asaba Masa *Hồng Đăng as Trần Đông Phong *

Tetsuya Takeda Tetsuya Takeda (), born April 11, 1949, is a Japanese folk singer and actor. Takeda is perhaps most known in Japan for his starring role in the Tokyo Broadcasting System's (TBS) long-running, highly rated television drama '' Sannen B Gumi Kinpa ...

Inukai Tsuyoshi Inukai Tsuyoshi ( ja, 犬養毅, 4 June 1855 – 15 May 1932) was a Japanese politician, cabinet minister, and Prime Minister of Japan from 1931 to his assassination in 1932. Inukai was Japan's second oldest prime minister while serving, as he ...

Akira Emoto is a Japanese actor. Career In 1999, he won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''Dr. Akagi''. He also won the award for best supporting actor at the 7th Hochi Film Award for ''Dotonbori River'' and '' Hearts and Flo ...

Ōkuma Shigenobu Marquess was a Japanese statesman and a prominent member of the Meiji oligarchy. He served as Prime Minister of the Empire of Japan in 1898 and from 1914 to 1916. Ōkuma was also an early advocate of Western science and culture in Japan, and ...

21st century

as Tetsuya Suzuki *Huỳnh Đông as Nguyễn Thành Nam *

Mana Ashida is a Japanese actress, '' talent'' and singer. Ashida's first appearance was in Asahi Broadcasting Corporation's ''ABC Short Movie 2'', though she rose to prominence after acting in the television drama ''Mother''. She became the youngest lead s ...

as Sakura Suzuki *Lan Phương as Lê Hồng Liên *

Yuichi Nakamaru , is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, television personality, radio host, and a member of KAT-TUN. He joined the talent agency Johnny & Associates in 1998 and then officially debuted as part of KAT-TUN in 2006. Individually, he has acted i ...

as Noriaki Hatakeyama *

Yukiyo Toake is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 23rd Blue Ribbon Awards for ''Furueru Shita'' and at the 29th for ''Gray Sunset''. Filmography Film *1974 - ''Tora-san's Lullaby'' *1980 - ''Furueru Shita'' *1983 - ''The Catch ...

as Machi Kinoshita

Production

The film was produced in 2013 to mark 40 years of diplomatic relations between Japan and Vietnam. Filming took place in both countries from June to July 2013. Vietnamese actors Huỳnh Đông and Lan Phương had to learn Japanese for their roles.

Awards

''The Partner'' won five out of eight awards in the Direct-to-Video Film category at the 2013

Vietnam Film Festival The Vietnam Film Festival ( Vietnamese: Liên hoan phim Việt Nam), founded in 1970, is a domestic film festival of Vietnam. It is considered as the major event of Cinema of Vietnam with awards for numerous categories ranging from feature film t ...

External links

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Official site

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Partner (film) Phan Bội Châu Japanese historical drama films Japanese multilingual films Vietnamese multilingual films 2013 multilingual films Vietnamese drama films 2013 biographical drama films Japanese biographical drama films Japanese nonlinear narrative films Vietnamese nonlinear narrative films 2013 films Films about the Vietnamese independence movement 2010s Japanese films