is a 1982

1982 in film

-Events:* March 26 = I Ought to Be in Pictures, starring Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret and Dinah Manoff is released. Manoff would not appear in another movie until 1987's Backfire.* June = PG-rated film E.T...

 Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku

Kinji Fukasaku

was a Japanese film actor, screenwriter, and best known as a celebrated and innovative filmmaker. He was born in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan, and died in Tokyo, from prostate cancer...

, art direction by Akira Takahashi. Among many awards, it was chosen as the Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.

"Kamata koshin-kyoku" is originally a title of the tune that covered song "Song of the Vagabonds" of operetta "The Vagabond King

The Vagabond King

The Vagabond King is a 1925 operetta by Rudolf Friml in four acts, with a book and lyrics by Brian Hooker and William H. Post, based upon Justin Huntly McCarthy's 1901 romantic play If I Were King...

" of Rudolph Friml in 1929. This single was released as a theme tune of "Shochiku

Shochiku

is a Japanese movie studio and production company for kabuki. It also produces and distributes anime films. Its best remembered directors include Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Mikio Naruse, Keisuke Kinoshita and Yōji Yamada...

 Kamata studio" that was the stage of the movie. Originally, Yutaka Kawasaki and Naoko Soga sang this tune. In the movie, Keiko Ishizaka, Morio Kazama

Morio Kazama

is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 2nd Yokohama Film Festival for Shiki Natsuko and Yūgure made and at the 6th and 7th Japan Academy Prizes.-Filmography:...

, and Mitsuru Hirata are singing.

Cast

• Keiko Matsuzaka
  Keiko Matsuzaka
  is an actress.Born in Ōta, Tokyo, her father was a naturalized South Korean while her mother was Japanese. Active as a child actress in the 1960s, she came into her own as an adult with Daiei, then in 1972 with Shochiku....
  
   as Konatsu
• Morio Kazama
  Morio Kazama
  is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 2nd Yokohama Film Festival for Shiki Natsuko and Yūgure made and at the 6th and 7th Japan Academy Prizes.-Filmography:...
  
   as Ginshiro
• Mitsuru Hirata as Yasu
• Chika Takami as Tomoko
• Daijiro Harada as Tachibana
• Keizo Kanie
  Keizō Kanie
  is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 1st Yokohama Film Festival for Angel Guts: Red Classroom and Jūkyūsai no Chizu and at the 12th Yokohama Film Festival for Ware ni utsu yoi ari and Boku to, bokura no natsu....
  
   as Film Director
• Rei Okamoto
  Rei Okamoto
  is Japanese model and actress who stars as Mia Amagishi in Akai Ito.-References:...
  
   as Toku-san
• Hyoei Enoki as Tome
• Nagare Hagiwara as Yuji
• Toshiya Sakai as Makoto
• Akihiro Shimizu
• Nijiko Kiyokawa as Yasu's mother
• Sonny Chiba
  Sonny Chiba
  , also known as Sonny Chiba, is a Japanese actor, singer, film producer, film director and martial artist.Chiba was one of the first actors to achieve stardom through his skills in martial arts, initially in Japan and later before an international audience.- Early life :Born in Fukuoka, Fukuoka,...
  
   as Actor
• Hiroyuki Sanada
  Hiroyuki Sanada
  is a Japanese actor.-Life and career:Sanada was born in Tokyo. Originally aiming to be an action star, starting with shorinji kempo, he eventually took up Kyokushin kaikan Sanada began training at age 11 with actor and martial arts star Sonny Chiba's Japan Action Club where he developed good...
  
   as Actor
• Etsuko Shihomi as Actress
• Seizo Fukumoto
  Seizo Fukumoto
  is a Japanese actor.Born February 3, 1943, he entered acting at age 15 in Kyoto, the capital of Japanese cinema. A specialist in film and television jidaigeki set in the Edo period, he most often plays a ronin, but in his hundreds of appearances he has taken nearly every role. His forte is...
  
  
• Akira Shioji as Yamada

Awards

4th Yokohama Film Festival

Yokohama Film Festival

The is a noticed yearly awards ceremony held in Japan. The festival was started as a small affair by fans and film critics, and first held on February 3, 1980. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year, and various awards are given to personnel...

• Won: Best Supporting Actor - Mitsuru Hirata
• 2nd Best Film