Fumō Chitai

Fumō Chitai (2009)
Fumō Chitai (2009)
Starring	Toshiaki Karasawa; Koyuki; Kenichi Endō; Yutaka Takenouchi; Yūki Amami; Sadao Abe; Kuranosuke Sasaki; Toshirō Yanagiba; Emi Wakui; Isao Hashizume; Ittoku Kishibe; Yoshio Harada
Narrated by	Issei Futamata
Composer	Yugo Kanno
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	19
Release
Original network	Fuji Television
Original release	March 11 –; October 15, 2009

Fumō Chitai (1979)
Fumō Chitai (1979)
Starring	Mikijirō Hira
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	31
Release
Original network	TBS
Original release	April 4 –; October 31, 1979

Fumō Chitai
Fumō Chitai
Directed by	Satsuo Yamamoto
Starring	Tatsuya Nakadai
Release date	1976;
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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 (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
- Tatsuzo Samejima
Hideji Ōtaki - Seizo Hisamatsu

Awards[]

1st Hochi Film Award^[1]

Won: Best Supporting Actor - Hideji Ōtaki

31st Mainichi Film Award^[2]

Won: Best Film

1979 TV series[]

Cast[]

Mikijirō Hira - Tadashi Iki
Tomisaburo Wakayama - Ichizo Daimon
Atsuo Nakamura - Tatsuzo Samejima
- Tatsuya Satoi
Kimiko Ikegami - Naoko Iki
Takashi Shimura - Masaharu Tanigawa
Kō Nishimura - Seizo Hisamatsu
Tamao Nakamura
Ayumi Ishida
Ichirō Murakoshi - Narrator

2009 TV series[]

Cast[]

Toshiaki Karasawa - Tadashi Iki
Yoshio Harada - Ichizo Daimon
Kenichi Endō - Tatsuzo Samejima
Ittoku Kishibe - Tatsuya Satoi
Toshirō Yanagiba - Isao Kawamata
Emi Wakui - Yoshiko Iki
Koyuki - Chisato Akitsu
Nicholas Pettas - Pratt
Mikako Tabe - Naoko Iki
Sheryar Khan - Oil Company Manager
Issei Futamata - Narrator

References[]

^ 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.
^ 31 1976年 (in Japanese). japan-movie.net. Retrieved 2011-01-08.

External links[]

Fumo Chitai at IMDb

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[1] 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.

[2] 31 1976年 (in Japanese). japan-movie.net. Retrieved 2011-01-08.

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Fumō Chitai (2009)
Starring	Toshiaki Karasawa Koyuki Kenichi Endō Yutaka Takenouchi Yūki Amami Sadao Abe Kuranosuke Sasaki Toshirō Yanagiba Emi Wakui Isao Hashizume Ittoku Kishibe Yoshio Harada
Narrated by	Issei Futamata
Composer	Yugo Kanno
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	19
Release
Original network	Fuji Television
Original release	March 11 (2009-03-11) – October 15, 2009 (2009-10-15)