is a novel by
Toyoko Yamasaki. It has been adapted into a movie in 1976 and then twice as a television mini-series in 1979 and 2009.
Relationship with actual events
*The main character Tadashi Iki is widely seen as based on the real life
Ryuzo Sejima
*However, in the work, Iki finally hits big success in oil business, whilst the actual Sejima attempts in the field ended as a major failure.
1976 film
is a 1976 Japanese film directed by
Satsuo Yamamoto.
Cast
*
Tatsuya Nakadai
is a Japanese film actor.
He was featured in 11 films directed by Masaki Kobayashi, including '' The Human Condition'' trilogy, wherein he starred as the lead character Kaji, plus '' Harakiri'', '' Samurai Rebellion'' and '' Kwaidan''.
Nakada ...
- Tadashi Iki
*
Tetsurō Tamba
was a Japanese actor with a career spanning five decades. He is best known in the West for his role in the 1967 James Bond film '' You Only Live Twice'' as Tiger Tanaka.
Biography
Tamba had a part-time job as an interpreter at Supreme Command ...
- Isao Kawamata
*
Isao Yamagata - Ichizo Daimon
*
Jūkei Fujioka
was a Japanese actor. He is known as an actor who often played villains, but is famous for playing the role of detective Daisaku Tani in the popular detective drama '' Seibu Keisatsu''.
Fujioka started his acting career at the Haiyuza Theatre C ...
- Army Chief General of Kwantung Army
*
Kin'ya Kitaōji
is a Japanese actor.
Biography
Early life
He was born in Kyoto, son of ''jidaigeki'' film star Ichikawa Utaemon, and graduated from Waseda University School of Letters, Arts and Sciences II in Tokyo.
Acting career
Kin'ya made his debut with ...
*
Takashi Yamaguchi
*
Kaoru Yachigusa
was a Japanese actress from Osaka Prefecture. From 1947 to 1957 she was a member of the Takarazuka Revue. After leaving the Revue, she was active in film, television, and narration.
She famously quit part way through the filming of the televi ...
*
Shiho Fujimura
*
Ichirō Nakatani
*
Hisashi Igawa
Hisashi Igawa (井川比佐志 born 17 November 1936) is a Japanese actor who has appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's ''Dodesukaden
is a 1970 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa. The film stars Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, T ...
*
Eitaro Ozawa
, also credited as Sakae Ozawa (小沢栄), was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1935 and 1988, directed by notable filmmakers such as Kenji Mizoguchi, Mikio Naruse, Keisuke Kinoshita and Kaneto Shindō.
Selected ...
*
Etsushi Takahashi
was a Japanese actor from Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture. Takahashi often worked with Kihachi Okamoto and Satsuo Yamamoto.
After graduating Rikkyo University, Takahashi joined NHK acting school. In 1964, he joined Bungakuza Theatre Company's ...
- Detective
*
Jirō Tamiya - Tatsuzo Samejima
*
Hideji Ōtaki
was a Japanese actor.
He has served as President of the Mingei Theatre Company.
Career
After serving in World War II, he became interested in the theater and helped found the Gekidan Mingei troupe in 1950. He gained fame for his television wo ...
- Seizo Hisamatsu
Awards
1st
Hochi Film Award
The are film-specific prizes awarded by the '' Hochi Shimbun''.
Categories
*Best Picture
*Best International Picture
*Best Animated Picture (since 2017)
*Best Actor
*Best Actress
*Best Supporting Actor
*Best Supporting Actress
*Best New Artist ...
*Won: Best Supporting Actor -
Hideji Ōtaki
was a Japanese actor.
He has served as President of the Mingei Theatre Company.
Career
After serving in World War II, he became interested in the theater and helped found the Gekidan Mingei troupe in 1950. He gained fame for his television wo ...
31st
Mainichi Film Award
The
are a series of annual film awards, sponsored by Mainichi Shinbun (毎日新聞), one of the largest newspaper companies in Japan, since 1946. It is the first film festival in Japan.
History
The origins of the contest date back to 193 ...
*Won:
Best Film
*Won: Best Screenplay : Noboru Yamada
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1979 TV series
Cast
* Mikijirō Hira - Tadashi Iki
* Tomisaburo Wakayama - Ichizo Daimon
*Atsuo Nakamura
is a Japanese actor and politician. He has appeared in more than 50 films since 1964. His younger brother Katsuyuki Nakamura is a writer.
Career
Nakamura first joined the Haiyuza theatre troupe in 1962, and became famous for his starring role i ...
- Tatsuzo Samejima
* Hideo Takamatsu - Tatsuya Satoi
* Kimiko Ikegami - Naoko Iki
*Takashi Shimura
was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1934 and 1981. He appeared in 21 of Akira Kurosawa's 30 films (more than any other actor), including as a lead actor in '' Drunken Angel'' (1948), ''Rashomon'' (1950), '' Ikiru'' (1952) ...
- Masaharu Tanigawa
*Kō Nishimura
was a Japanese actor who appeared in supporting roles in such films as Akira Kurosawa's '' The Bad Sleep Well'' and ''Yojimbo'', Kihachi Okamoto's ''Sword of Doom'', Yoshitaro Nomura's '' Zero Focus'', and Kon Ichikawa's '' The Burmese Harp'' ( ...
- Seizo Hisamatsu
*Tamao Nakamura
(born July 12, 1939 in Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese actress. Her father is kabuki actor Nakamura Ganjirō II.
She was scouted by director Teruo Ogiyama and made her film debut with ''Kageko to Yukie'' when she was a junior high school student. ...
* Ayumi Ishida
* Ichirō Murakoshi - Narrator
2009 TV series
Cast
*Toshiaki Karasawa
(real name Kiyoshi Karasawa (唐澤 潔 ''Karasawa Kiyoshi'')) is a Japanese theatre and film actor. He made his theatrical debut in the play ''Boy's Revue Stay Gold'' (ボーイズレビュー・ステイゴールド ''Bōizu Rebyū Sutei Gōrud ...
- Tadashi Iki
*Yoshio Harada
was a Japanese actor best known for playing rebels in a career that spanned six decades.
Career
Born in Tokyo, Harada joined the Haiyuza Theatre Company in 1966 and made his television debut in 1967 with "Tenka no seinen" and his film debut i ...
- Ichizo Daimon
* Kenichi Endō - Tatsuzo Samejima
* Ittoku Kishibe - Tatsuya Satoi
*Toshirō Yanagiba
is a Japanese actor.
Career
Yanagiba has appeared in films such as the '' Bayside Shakedown'' series, ''Chinese Dinner'', and '' Space Battleship Yamato''.
Filmography
Film
* '' Run Towards the South On the Road of Sea'' (1986)
* '' Young Gi ...
- Isao Kawamata
* Emi Wakui - Yoshiko Iki
*Koyuki
, better known by her stage name , is a Japanese model and actress. She rose to fame in the drama '' Kimi wa Petto'' with Jun Matsumoto and gained huge popularity, as well as the hit film ''The Last Samurai''.
Career Actor career
Koyuki appeared ...
- Chisato Akitsu
*Nicholas Pettas
Nicholas Pettas (born January 23, 1973, in Mykonos) is a Greek- Danish karateka, former heavyweight kickboxer and actor, who fought out of Team Spirit AE in Tokyo, Japan. Pettas mainly competed in the promotion K-1 between 1998 and 2007, and w ...
- Pratt
*Mikako Tabe
is a Japanese actress from Tokyo. Starting acting in her teens with a role in the Sailor Moon musicals, she has developed into a lead actress in film and television, playing the heroine in the Asadora ''Tsubasa'', starring in TV comedy series ...
- Naoko Iki
*Sheryar Khan - Oil Company Manager
*Issei Futamata
is a Japan, Japanese Voice acting in Japan, voice actor and narrator from Misawa, Aomori. He is best known for the roles of Skullomania (''Street Fighter EX'' and ''Fighting EX Layer''), Yusaku Godai (''Maison Ikkoku''), Chibi (Urusei Yatsura), C ...
- Narrator
References
External links
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1976 novels
1976 films
1979 Japanese television series debuts
1979 Japanese television series endings
2009 Japanese television series debuts
2010 Japanese television series endings
Films based on Japanese novels
Films directed by Satsuo Yamamoto
Japanese drama television series
Japanese television miniseries
1970s Japanese-language films
Japanese novels adapted into films
Television shows set in Japan
Television shows set in Russia
Fuji TV dramas
Television shows based on Japanese novels
1970s Japanese films
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