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Genre
  
Crime, Drama

Country
  
Japan

6.6/10
IMDb

Director
  
Satsuo Yamamoto

Duration
  

Language
  
Japanese

Release date
  
1976

Writer
  
Nobuo Yamada, Toyoko Yamasaki (novel)

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.

Contents

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 (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

    1st Hochi Film Award

  • Won: Best Supporting Actor - Hideji Ōtaki

    • 31st Mainichi Film Award

  • Won: Best Film

    • 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

    • 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

    Fumō Chitai Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA