The Man of the Political Economy
鬼と呼ばれた男〜松永安左エ門
Release: 2015-09-19
·Runtime: 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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
NHK
Cast
Masanobu Takashima
Kunihiro Suda
Ari Miyari
Norihiko Tsukuda
Kotaro Yoshida
as Matsunaga Yasuzaem
Ran Ito
Tomiyuki Kunihiro
Tamae Ando
Go Riju
as Konoe Fumimaro
Ryo Iwamatsu
Takashi Fujiki
Akira Takarada
Yuya Takagawa
Shirō Itō
as Yoshida Shigeru
Jun Kunimura
Tsuyoshi Ujiki
Jundai Yamada
Kazuyoshi Kushida
Masato Hagiwara
Patrick Harlan