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Fumo Chitai

不毛地帯 · The Waste Land

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Fumo Chitai key art
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NetworkFuji TV
Broadcast15 Oct 2009 – 11 Mar 2010
Episodes19 Episodes
Viewership—
Fan score 8.0 from 1 review
Genresdrama

Synopsis

Iki Tadashi is a military leader who was captured by the Soviets during World War II. Treated as a war criminal, he was sentenced to many years of labor in a harsh Siberian detention camp. After 11 years of imprisonment, he is released. He returns to Japan and begins readjusting to life as a civilian, rejecting an offer from his former colleague to work on a defense project. Tadashi has decided to never involve himself in war again, much to the joy of his family. Instead, he attempts to set off on a new path working at a major trading company.

This drama is a remake after the original that aired in 1979.

Synopsis: Tokyograph

Cast & characters 25 credited

Theme songs

Fumo Chitai soundtrack cover
  • “Opening Theme” — Sakamoto Ryuichi
  • “Tom Traubert's Blues” — Tom Waits

Fan reviews 1 review

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How Itochu Corp transform itself.

8 / 10

Eyeyore · 2010

This is a remake of the 1979 TBS version. Fumo Chitai is basically an autobiography of Ryuzo Sejima who was the Chairman of Itochu Corp from 1978-1987.The story incorporates the history of Itochu Corp from a textile trading firm to a major trading firm. Since Fumo Chitai is not an official biography, all the names have been changed (but the fictional names do rhyme with the real ones and it's not difficult to guess). Like all Yamazaki Toyoko's works, it promises excitment, revelation, lessons all rolled into 19 episodes that will keep us at the edge of our seats. Is there any plot that will spoil the drama ? Yes, Koyuki-san. I'm sorry but I believe a good drama doesn't require a pretty vase to enhance.