Nihon no Fixer
| Nihon no Fixer | |
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| Directed by | Yasuo Furuhata |
| Screenplay by | Kōji Takada |
| Produced by | Gōrō Kusakabe |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Toru Nakajima |
| Edited by | Isamu Ichida |
| Music by | Hajime Kaburagi |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Toei |
Release date |
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Running time | 131 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Nihon no Fixer (Japanese: 日本の黒幕, Hepburn: The Fixer)[1] is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata.[2][3] Inspired by the Lockheed bribery scandals and modeled on real-life figures Kakuei Tanaka and Yoshio Kodama, the film depicts the collusion between Japanese right-wing organizations and the political and business world.[4] Nagisa Ōshima was set to direct the film originally.[5]
Plot
Recently-elected Japanese Prime Minister Hirayama arrives in office with a higher approval rating than his predecessor, due to policy proposals that he says will benefit the lower and middle classes. He promises to implement these policies once in office, while also advocating for a massive military buildup in Japan. However, unbeknownst to the public, Hirayama made a shady pre-election deal with a kuromaku (a behind-the-scenes power broker/fixer) named Yamaoka and the giant aircraft manufacturing company Randolph Corporation (based on Lockheed Martin). In exchange for the government purchasing Randolph's aircraft, the company and Yamaoka help Hirayama win the election.
After the election, Yamaoka, who is also a prominent Yakuza figure, hides out at his mansion. He is being pursued by the authorities for tax evasion, as well as for violating the Foreign Exchange Law in a fraud case involving the sale of Randolph Corporation's aircraft. His mansion is heavily guarded by security on fears of an assassination attempt. The mansion is also being crowded by reporters. One day, a boy manages to sneak into Yamaoka's mansion and tries to kill him. The boy fails after Yamaoka's right-hand man Imaizumi stops him. However, instead of killing the boy, Yamaoka takes him under his wing and makes him his subordinate.[3][6][7]
Cast
- Shin Saburi as Homei Yamaoka – 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 Prime Minister Hirayama – Modeled after former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka
- 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
- Tatsuo Umemiya as Takayoshi Oguri
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Ōshima, Nagisa (2009). わが映画を解体する. 東京: Gendai Shichō Shinsha. pp. 290–292. ISBN 9784329004611.
- ^ Naito, Makoto (June 2014). 監督ばか よ~い、スタート!. Sairyusha. pp. 154–160. ISBN 978-4-7791-7016-4.
- ^ "日本の黒幕". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "日本の黒幕". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
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