Fumō Chitai

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First edition

Fumō Chitai (不毛地帯, literally "Wasted Land") 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

Fumō Chitai
Directed bySatsuo Yamamoto
Screenplay byNobuo Yamada
StarringTatsuya Nakadai
Isao Yamagata
Kin'ya Kitaōji
Tetsurō Tamba
Music bySato Masaru
Release date
  • 1976 (1976)
Running time
181 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Fumō Chitai (不毛地帯) is a 1976 Japanese film directed by Satsuo Yamamoto.[1]

Cast

Awards

1st Hochi Film Award[2]

31st Mainichi Film Award[3]

1979 TV series

Fumō Chitai
StarringMikijirō Hira
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes31
Release
Original networkTBS
Original releaseApril 4 (1979-04-04) –
October 31, 1979 (1979-10-31)

Cast

2009 TV series

Fumō Chitai
StarringToshiaki Karasawa
Koyuki
Kenichi Endō
Yutaka Takenouchi
Yūki Amami
Sadao Abe
Kuranosuke Sasaki
Toshirō Yanagiba
Emi Wakui
Isao Hashizume
Ittoku Kishibe
Yoshio Harada
Narrated byIssei Futamata
ComposerYugo Kanno
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes19
Release
Original networkFuji Television
Original releaseMarch 11 (2009-03-11) –
October 15, 2009 (2009-10-15)

Cast

References

  1. ^ a b "デジタル大辞泉プラス「不毛地帯」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  2. ^ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2009-11-24. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
  3. ^ 31 1976年 (in Japanese). japan-movie.net. Retrieved 2011-01-08.

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