Details
* Title: 不毛地帯
* Title (romaji): Fumo Chitai
* Also known as: The Waste Land
* Format: Renzoku
* Genre: Business, drama
* Broadcast networks: TBS, Fuji TV
subtitles:chinese and english subs
Synopsis
Iki Tadashi is a military leader named 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. --Tokyograph
Production Credits
* Original writing (novel): Fumo Chitai by Yamazaki Toyoko (山崎豊子)
* Screenwriter: Suzuki Naoyuki (鈴木尚之)
* Director: Kono Hiroshi (河野宏)
* Music: Inoue Takayuki (井上堯之)
2009 Renzoku
Fumo Chitai
* Episodes: 19
* Broadcast network: Fuji TV
* Broadcast period: 2009-Oct-15 to 2010-Mar-11
* Air time: Thursday 22:00
* Theme songs:
o Opening theme: by Sakamoto Ryuichi
o Ending theme: Tom Traubert's Blues by Tom Waits
Cast
Correlation chart
* Karasawa Toshiaki as Iki Tadashi
* Wakui Emi as Iki Yoshiko
* Yanagiba Toshiro as Kawamata Isao
* Koyuki as Akitsu Chisato
* Tabe Mikako as Iki Naokko
* Harada Yoshio as Daimon Ichizo
* Endo Kenichi as Sameshima Tatsumi
* Amami Yuki as Hamanaka Beniko
* Kishibe Ittoku as Satoi Tatsuya
* Nakamura Atsuo as Akitsu Noritake
* Takenouchi Yutaka as Hyodo Shinichiro
* Abe Sadao as Tawara Hideo
* Matsushige Yutaka as Koide Hiroshi
* Furuta Arata as Ashida Kunio
* Hakamada Yoshihiko as Hanawa Shiro
* Sasaki Kuranosuke as Akitsu Seiki
* Hashizume Isao as Tanigawa Taisa
* Nakamaru Shinsho as Takemura Masaru
* Ito Shiro as Hisamatsu Seizo
* Danta Yasunori as Kaizuka Michio
* Kajihara Zen as Kaifu Kaname
* Saiki Shigeru (斉木しげる) as Matsumoto Haruhiko
* Takahashi Taira (高橋平) as Iki Makoto
* Kouyama Shigeru as Mishima Kanjicho (ep4)
* Nagano Satomi as Kawamata Hisayo (ep4)
Production Credits
* Original writing (novel): Fumo Chitai by Yamazaki Toyoko (山崎豊子)
* Screenwriter: Hashibe Atsuko
* Producers: Osabe Sosuke (長部聡介), Shimizu Kazuyuki
* Directors: Sawada Kensaku, Hirano Shin, Mizuta Narihide
* Music: Kanno Yugo
Episode Ratings
Episode Kanto Kansai Nationwide
1 14.4 ? ?
2 11.1 ? ?
3 11.6 ? ?
4 09.9 ? ?
5 11.8 ? ?
6 10.7 ? ?
7 10.6 ? ?
8 11.4 ? ?
9 10.9 ? ?
10 10.8 ? ?
11 ? ? ?
Average ? ? ?
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
Awards
* 64th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actor: Karasawa Toshiaki
* 64th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Directors: Sawada Kensaku, Hirano Shin, Mizuta Narihide
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