In the midst of a bad economy, Yokoyama, the vice president of Taiyo Real Estate, launches a plan to cut back on his labor force. Fifty employees are segregated into a special assignment division and given an ultimatum: meet a sales goal of 1.5 billion yen within three months or be fired. Spiteful of their unjust treatment, two men, Shinoda and Takigawa, take up the battle against the ruthless Yokoyama.
Acting
Kyôhei Shibata's simmering rage as Takigawa.
Writing
Bureaucratic absurdity that cuts like satire.
Director
Shunichi Kajima
Kyôhei Shibata
Koji Takigawa
Atsuo Nakamura
Sho Shinoda
Masahiko Tsugawa
Teruo Yokoyama
Hisako Manda
Toshiko Hara
Reiko Takashima
Haruko Imamura
Kazuya Kosaka
Kohei Hanazawa
Kenzō Kawarasaki
Toshio Yanagimachi
Takeyuki Yue
Haruhiko Minamino
Yudai Ishiyama
Takeshi Ōbayashi
Minoru Hirano
Daisuke Iijima
Gōzō Sōma
Shinzō Hotta
Eiichi Kikuchi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Japan's 'Lost Decade,' this captures the shattering of lifetime employment promises that defined postwar Japanese identity.
Director Kajima was primarily a TV director; this rare theatrical feature was shot in just 24 days on a shoestring Toei budget.
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