Nihon no Fixer


The Fixer is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. Inspired by Lockheed bribery scandals. Modeling on Kakuei Tanaka and Yoshio Kodama, the film depicts the collusion between Japanese right-wing organizations and the political and business world. Nagisa Oshima was due to direct this film.

Plot

Recently elected Japanese Prime Minister, Hirayama with higher popularity than the previously recently elected Prime Minister due to his policy that benefited the middle-lower class society and promise to do so even after being elected as Prime Minister and his policy for massive buildup in Japan. However unbeknown to much of the public that Hirayama made a shady deal with a kuromaku or behind-the-scenes power broker, Yamaoka and a giant Aircraft manufacturing company Randolph Corporation that led him to being elected as Japanese Prime Minister.
Meanwhile Yamaoka a prominent Yakuza figure who was the behind-the-scenes power broker that made Hirayama Prime minister of Japan, is currently hiding at his large mansion due to being pursued for violating the Foreign Exchange Law and tax evasion in a fraudulent case involving the sale of Randolph Corporation Aircraft. His mansion was heavily guarded by Yamaoka security forces on feared of assassination attempt. His mansion is also being crowded by protester reporter. However one day a boy managed to sneak-in into Yamaoka mansion and tries to kill Yamaoka. However the boy failed because Yamaoka right-hand man, Imaizumi stops him. Instead of killing the boy who tried to kill Yamaoka, Yamaoka makes the boy as his Koichi and makes him his subordinate.

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