The Trading Company (1980)

12/05/1980 (JA) • 1h 10m

Drama, Crime

Overview

An economic drama depicting the struggle and collapse of a Japanese general trading company. The US branch president of a trading company challenges Japan's internal power struggle and the North American oil market.

Top Billed Cast

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Jiro Uesugi

4 Episodes

Masako Natsume

Maki Matsuyama

4 Episodes

Sengoro Shigeyama

Keijiro Ohashi

4 Episodes

Kei Satō

Shigeru Yasuda

4 Episodes

Nobuo Nakamura

Mikio Hamashima

4 Episodes

Akira Yamanouchi

Takenori Kawai

4 Episodes

Leo Morimoto

Junichi Kimura

4 Episodes

Aki Mizusawa

Kaoru Yashiro

4 Episodes

Tamao Nakamura

Mura Kajii

4 Episodes


Last Season

Season 1

1980 | 4 Episodes

An economic drama depicting the struggle and collapse of a Japanese general trading company. The US branch president of a trading company challenges Japan's internal power struggle and the North American oil market. An unprecedented scale for a TV drama at that time, such as overseas locations in four countries.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Miniseries

Original Language

Japanese

Keywords

shosha

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