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金環蝕 (1975)

金環蝕 poster
Directed by
Satsuo Yamamoto
Genre
true crime
Country
Japan

How it feels

A conservative party's presidential election triggers a corruption scandal. The story follows the people involved in the dirty dealings behind the scenes.

suspensefulseriousslow-pacedpoliticalcorruptgrittychillingdeliberate

What happens

『金環蝕』(きんかんしょく)は、石川達三の長編小説。1966年(昭和41年)に『サンデー毎日』で連載され、同年に単行本として刊行された。九頭竜川ダム汚職事件をモデルに、保守政党の総裁選挙に端を発した汚職事件を描いた。表題の意味は、「外側はきらびやかに見えるが、中身は真っ黒に腐っている」という比喩である。1975年(昭和50年)に山本薩夫監督によって映画化された。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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