Nihon no Fixer
The Fixer
Directed byYasuo Furuhata
Screenplay byKōji Takada
Produced byGōrō Kusakabe
Starring
Music byHajime Kaburagi
Distributed byToei
Release date
  • October 27, 1979 (1979-10-27) ( Japan)
Running time
131 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The Fixer (Japanese: 日本の黒幕, Hepburn: Nihon no Fixer)[1] is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata.[2][3] Inspired by Lockheed bribery scandals. Modeling on Kakuei Tanaka and Yoshio Kodama, the film depicts the collusion between Japanese right-wing organizations and the political and business world.[4] Nagisa Oshima was due to direct this film.[5]

Plot

Yamaoka is a fixer who made a man the prime minister of Japan, but he is being pursued for violating the Foreign Exchange Law and tax evasion in a fraudulent case involving the sale of aircraft. One day a boy tries to kill Yamaoka, but fails because Imaizumi stops him, and Yamaoka names him Koichi and makes him his subordinate.[3][6][7]

Cast

References

  1. "The Hawaii Herald - Hawaii's Japanese American Journal".
  2. "日本の黒幕とは". kotobank. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 "日本の黒幕". 一般社団法人 日本映画製作者連盟・. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  4. 大島渚著作集〈第3巻〉わが映画を解体する』 現代思潮新社、2009 p.290-292 ISBN 9784329004611
  5. あの暑かった夏のこと 内藤 誠 - 日本映画監督協会 - Directors Guild of Japan内藤誠 監督ばか 彩流社、2014 p.154-160 ISBN 978-4-7791-7016-4
  6. "日本の黒幕". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  7. "日本の黒幕". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.


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