Film

The Political Game

1989 · 2h 3m

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.

Masahiko Tsugawa

Mayumi Ogawa

Isao Hashizume

Hisano Yamaoka

Tetsuro Tamba

Kei Suma

Nenji Kobayashi

Jun Inoue

Issey Ogata

Kisuke Yamashita

Sanpeita Mori

Tokujiro Namikoshi

Hiroshi Yagyu

Tatsuo Matsumura

Junko Sakurada

Yoko Nogiwa

• James MikiScreenplay · Director
• Hiroshi FukazawaProducer

Release date

May 3, 1989

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

2h 3m