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7.2/10   166 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Kouhei Tsuka (play)
Kouhei Tsuka (screenplay)
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Release Date:
9 October 1982 (Japan) more
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Awards:
24 wins & 4 nominations more
User Reviews:
A Funny Romantic Comedy of Errors more (4 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Keiko Matsuzaka ... Konatsu
Morio Kazama ... Ginshiro
Mitsuru Hirata ... Yasu
Chika Takami ... Tomoko
Daijiro Harada ... Tachibana
Keizô Kani'e ... Film Director
Rei Okamoto ... Toku-san
Hyoei Enoki ... Tome
Nagare Hagiwara ... Yuji
Toshiya Sakai ... Makoto
Akihiro Shimizu
Nijiko Kiyokawa ... Yasu's mother

Sonny Chiba ... Actor (as Shin'ichi Chiba)
Hiroyuki Sanada ... Actor
Etsuko Shihomi ... Actress
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Fall Guy
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Runtime:
Japan:109 min | USA:110 min (DVD)
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3 out of 5 people found the following review useful.
A Funny Romantic Comedy of Errors, 15 February 2002
9/10
Author: StSparky from Fukuoka Japan

FALL GUY (KAMATA KOSHINKYOKU) Directed by Kinji Fukasaku, 1982, 109 min

Fall Guy depicts the inside story of a film studio in a comical touch, where a nearly has-been movie star takes full advantage of an adoring member of his entourage & hanger on's blind devotion.

The former has the hanger on, who works as a bit player, marry the lovely actress he accidentally impregnated, in a bid to preserve his image, and then asks the fan to perform a show-stopping, life-threatening stunt in the hopes of making a big comeback.

At times moving, funny, and even romantic, Fall Guy, was well received and has won the first place in the "Ten Best Films" poll by Kinema Jumpo, as well as many other awards.

PS The honeymoon trip to Kyushu is a sweet moment of the film and clearly an inside joke.

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