First tankōbon volume cover
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| Author | Toyoko Yamasaki |
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| Original title | 不毛地帯 |
| Translator | James T. Araki |
| Language | Japanese |
Publication date | 1973–78 |
| Publication place | Japan |
Published in English | 1985 |
The Barren Zone (Japanese: 不毛地帯, Hepburn: Fumō chitai) is a novel by Toyoko Yamasaki. It was serialized in the weekly magazine Sunday Manichi from 1973 to 1978.
The novel was partially adapted into a film starring Tatsuya Nakadai and directed by Satsuo Yamamoto in 1976. It was later adapted into two television miniseries in 1979 and 2009.
Tadashi Iki is captured during the invasion of Manchuria and returns to Japan after being interned for over a decade in Soviet labor camps. Owing to his former position in the Imperial General Staff, he is offered a position at the expansive Kinki Corporation.
| Fumō Chitai | |
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| Directed by | Satsuo Yamamoto |
| Screenplay by | Nobuo Yamada |
| Starring | Tatsuya Nakadai Isao Yamagata Kin'ya Kitaōji Tetsurō Tamba |
| Music by | Sato Masaru |
Production | Geiensha |
| Distributed by | Toho |
Release date |
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Running time | 181 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Fumō Chitai (不毛地帯) is a 1976 Japanese film directed by Satsuo Yamamoto.[1]
| The Barren Zone | |
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| Starring | Mikijirō Hira |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 31 |
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| Network | TBS |
| Release | April 4 (1979-04-04) – October 31, 1979 (1979-10-31) |
| The Barren Zone | |
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| Starring | Toshiaki Karasawa Koyuki Kenichi Endō Yutaka Takenouchi Yūki Amami Sadao Abe Kuranosuke Sasaki Toshirō Yanagiba Emi Wakui Isao Hashizume Ittoku Kishibe Yoshio Harada |
| Narrated by | Issei Futamata |
| Composer | Yugo Kanno |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 19 |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fuji Television |
| Release | March 11 (2009-03-11) – October 15, 2009 (2009-10-15) |
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Films directed by Satsuo Yamamoto
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