Fumō Chitai

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.

First edition

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
StarringTatsuya Nakadai
Release date
1976
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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

Cast

Awards

1st Hochi Film Award[1]

31st Mainichi Film Award[2]

1979 TV series

Fumō Chitai (1979)
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 (2009)
StarringToshiaki Karasawa
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. 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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