Film

The Man of the Political Economy

2015 · 58m

Matsunaga Yasuzaemon was a man called “Electricity Monster”. The post-war recovery and high economic growth serve as the basis for him to achieve the breakup and privatisation of the electricity business. As a follower of Fukuzawa Yukichi, he inherited the spirit of independence, self-respect and the people. He rose up alone from the ruins of the war. It was the fight of an unconventional, stubborn old man over 70 with an indomitable will. Minister of Trade and Industry Ikeda Hayato admired Matsunaga like a father while Prime Ministers Yoshida Shigeru and Konoe Fumimaro, Shirasu Jiro (Takagawa Yuya) and others were in awe of his unfathomable passion.

Kotaro Yoshida

Matsunaga Yasuzaem

Shirō Itō

Yoshida Shigeru

Go Riju

Konoe Fumimaro

Ran Ito

Jun Kunimura

Kazuyoshi Kushida

Masato Hagiwara

Tsuyoshi Ujiki

Tomiyuki Kunihiro

Ryo Iwamatsu

Takashi Fujiki

Makoto Ôtake

Akira Takarada

Masanobu Takashima

Yuya Takagawa

Jundai Yamada

• Takeshi ShibataDirector
• Shunsaku IkehataScreenplay

Release date

September 19, 2015

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

58m