is a 1990 Japanese

Cinema of Japan

The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world – as of 2009 the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. Movies have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived...

 action film directed by Toru Murakawa, and produced by Toei Company

Toei Company

is a Japanese film, television production, and distribution corporation. Based in Tokyo, Toei owns and operates thirty-four movie theaters across Japan, a modest vertically-integrated studio system by the standards of the 1930s United States; operates studios at Tokyo and Kyoto; and is a...

 in association with Mitsui & Co.

Mitsui & Co.

Mitsui & Co., also known as Mitsui Bussan, is one of the largest sogo shosha in Japan, and also part of the Mitsui Group. Its business area covers energy, machinery, chemicals, food, textile, logistics, finance, and more.- History :...

 and Tohokushinsha Film

Tohokushinsha Film

is a film distributor and production company based in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo. It was originally founded in 1961 as a dubbing house for foreign films.- Anime :*Adventures of the Little Koala*Amon Saga*Appleseed*Assemble Insert*Genesis of Aquarion*Himawari!...

. The screenplay was written by Murakawa with Makoto Takada. The film stars Yūji Oda

Yuji Oda

is a Japanese actor and singer.Yuji Oda was born on 13 December 1967 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He was born to an upper-middle-class family and attended the private academy of Touin Gakuen. Originally he had a promising career in sports, but had to give it up after a knee injury. He...

, Naomi Zaizen, Masato Furuoya, Masato Nagamori, and Toshio Kurosawa. The title refers to the highest rank of the JASDF

Japan Air Self-Defense Force

The , or JASDF, is the aviation branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces responsible for the defense of Japanese airspace and other aerospace operations. The JASDF carries out combat air patrols around Japan, while also maintaining an extensive network of ground and air early warning radar systems...

's F-15J training program.

The film's aerial scenes were produced in cooperation with the JASDF, using the Mitsubishi F-15J

Mitsubishi F-15J

The Mitsubishi F-15J/DJ Eagle is a twin-engine, all-weather interceptor fighter based on the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle in use by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force . It was produced under license by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The subsequent F-15DJ and F-15J Kai variants were also produced. Japan...

 - the country's variant of the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle. Seen by movie critics as a copy of Top Gun

Top Gun

Top Gun may refer to:* Top Gun is a 1986 film starring Tom Cruise.**Top Gun , soundtrack to the movie**Top Gun , a number of games based on the movie...

, Best Guy was a box-office failure in Japan.

Soundtrack

The film's self-titled theme song was recorded by Sheree Jeacocke

Sheree Jeacocke

Sheree Jeacocke is a Canadian singer-songwriter.-Biography:During the early 1980s Jeacocke starred in the CBC-TV musical The King Of Friday Night and worked as a backup singer for Gordon Lightfoot, Rita MacNeil, Glass Tiger and Kim Mitchell. In 1985 Jeacocke releases her first single "You Get To Me"...

 and released as a CD single by BMG Victor on October 21, 1990. Jeacocke herself makes an appearance in the beginning of the film.

Marketing

Hasegawa issued a "Best Guy" edition of their 1/48 scale F-15J Eagle model kit to promote the film.

External links

• Best Guy at Kinema Junpo