Overview
Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history released, superimposed cast, a group image of real politicians centered on Shigeru Yoshida and political history after the war.
Director and cast
- Hisaya Morishige as Shigeru Yoshida
- Shinsuke Ashida as Ichirō Hatoyama
- Eitarō Ozawa as Tsuruhei Matsuno
- Ken Mitsuda as Kijūrō Shidehara
- Hajime Izu as Hoshishima Nirō
- Yoshio Tsuchiya as Jōji Hayashi
- Jun Tazaki as Banboku Ōno
- Takuya Fujioka as Hirozen Hirokawa
- Muga Takewaki as Eisaku Sato
- Teruhiko Saigō as Kakuei Tanaka
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