Fall Guy

This article is about the 1982 Japanese film. For other uses, see Fall Guy (disambiguation).
Fall Guy

DVD cover to Fall Guy (1982)
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku[1]
Produced by Haruki Kadokawa
Written by Kouhei Tsuka
Starring Morio Kazama
Keiko Matsuzaka
Music by Masato Kai
Cinematography Kiyoshi Kitasaka
Edited by Isamu Ichida
Distributed by Shochiku
Release dates
October 9, 1982
Running time
109 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Fall Guy (蒲田行進曲 Kamata koshin-kyoku) is a 1982 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, art direction by Akira Takahashi. Among many awards, it was chosen as the Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.[2]

"Kamata koshin-kyoku" is originally a title of the tune that covered song "Song of the Vagabonds" of operetta "The Vagabond King" of Rudolph Friml in 1929. This single was released as a theme tune of "Shochiku Kamata studio" that was the stage of the movie. Originally, Yutaka Kawasaki and Naoko Soga sang this tune. In the movie, Keiko Ishizaka, Morio Kazama, and Mitsuru Hirata are singing.

Cast

Awards

4th Yokohama Film Festival[3][4]

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