FALL GUY

Details

• Release Year: 1982
• Genre: Comedy, Foreign, Romance
• Plot: WINNER OF FIVE AWARDS from the Japanese Academy, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress, internationally acclaimed director Kinji Fukasaku's THE FALL GUY is a moving love story and a heartfelt valentine to the movies. Morio Kazama stars as Ginshiro, a vain and selfish actor whose stardom is threatened by rising star Tachibana (Daijiro Harada). In a desperate bid to burnish his image, Ginshiro compels a devoted member of his entourage, Yasu (Mitsuro Hirata), to marry Ginshiro's pregnant mistress, Konatsu (Keiko Matsuzaka). To support his new wife, the devoted Yasu becomes a stunt man, performing increasingly dangerous stunts. Konatsu is torn between Yasu and Ginshiro, who compels his loyal disciple to perform a death-defying stunt that could save the film and Ginshiro's career.
• Cast: Keiko Matsuzaka, Morio Kazama, Mitsuru Hirata, Chika Takami, Daijiro Harada, Keizô Kani'e, Rei Okamoto, Hyôe Enoki, Nagare Hagiwara, Toshiya Sakai, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Sonny Chiba, Hiroyuki Sanada, Etsuko Shihomi, Akira Shioji, Kinji Fukasaku, Kôhei Tsuka
• Director: Kinji Fukasaku
• Runtime: 1:48
• Company: Shochiku, Home Vision Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie