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The Political Game

10 average rating
10
Japanese / 123 MIN. / 1989

The Genres

The Synopsis

This is James Miki's first directorial work, and he is also the original writer and scriptwriter. Noritaka Sakamoto was in charge of photography, and Kentaro Haneda was in charge of music direction. It depicts how an honest candidate aiming for a clean election campaign gradually collapses in the face of various realities. Kiyokawa, the mayor of Higurashi City, died at his lover's house. Yoshihiko announces that he will conduct a clean election campaign, but his sponsors and backers are reluctant.

The Cast

Masahiko TsugawaMayumi OgawaIsao HashizumeHisano YamaokaTetsuro TambaKei SumaNenji KobayashiJun InoueIssey OgataKisuke YamashitaSanpeita MoriTokujiro NamikoshiHiroshi YagyuTatsuo MatsumuraJunko SakuradaYoko NogiwaNatsuko MigiwaKaori MoritaniAkiko NomuraMachiko WashioYoneko MatsukaneKazuyo AsariPinko IzumiTetsuko Kuroyanagi

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