Fumō Chitai
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 by | Satsuo Yamamoto |
| Starring | Tatsuya Nakadai |
Release dates | 1976 |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Fumō Chitai (不毛地帯) is a 1976 Japanese film directed by Satsuo Yamamoto.
Cast
- Tatsuya Nakadai - Tadashi Iki
- Tetsurō Tamba - Isao Kawamata
- Isao Yamagata - Ichizo Daimon
- Jirō Tamiya - Tatsuzo Samejima
- Hideji Ōtaki - Seizo Hisamatsu
Awards
- Won: Best Supporting Actor - Hideji Ōtaki
- Won: Best Film
1979 TV Series
| Fumō Chitai (1979) | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Mikijirō Hira |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language(s) | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 31 |
| Release | |
| Original network | TBS |
| Original release | April 4 – October 31, 1979 |
Cast
- Mikijirō Hira - Tadashi Iki
- Tomisaburo Wakayama - Ichizo Daimon
- Atsuo Nakamura - Tatsuzo Samejima
- Hideo Takamatsu - Tatsuya Satoi
- Kimiko Ikegami - Naoko Iki
- Takashi Shimura - Masaharu Tanigawa
- Kō Nishimura - Seizo Hisamatsu
- Tamao Nakamura
- Ayumi Ishida
- Ichirō Murakoshi - Narrator
2009 TV series
| Fumō Chitai (2009) | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Toshiaki Karasawa |
| Composer(s) | Yugo Kanno |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language(s) | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 19 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fuji Television |
| Original release | March 11 – October 15, 2009 |
Cast
- Toshiaki Karasawa - Tadashi Iki
- Yoshio Harada - Ichizo Daimon
- Kenichi Endou - Tatsuzo Samejima
- Ittoku Kishibe - Tatsuya Satoi
- Toshirō Yanagiba - Isao Kawamata
- Emi Wakui - Yoshiko Iki
- Koyuki - Chisato Akitsu
- Nicholas Pettas - Pratt
- Mikako Tabe - Naoko Iki
- Issei Futamata - Narrator
- Sheryar Khan - Oil Company Manager
References
- ↑ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
- ↑ 31 1976年 (in Japanese). japan-movie.net. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
External links
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