ジャコ萬と鉄 (1964)

Curiosità

Jakoman and Tetsu , also known as One-Eyed Captain and Tetsu is a 1964 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku based on an earlier screenplay by Akira Kurosawa and Senkichi Taniguchi that was based on the novel Nishin gyogyo by Keizo Kajino. The screenplay had previously been filmed by director Senkichi Taniguchi in 1949.

Production

It was a very unusual project for Ken Takakura. Takakura had seen the 1949 Toho version when it was first released and was so excited that he couldn't sleep at night, so he asked Shigeru Okada, then the director of Toei's Tokyo Studio, to let him do it. Okada had declared that he would make Takakura a 100-million-yen star in 1964, and decided to produce the film to make Takakura the definitive Toei star of 1964.

When the decision was made to make the film, Takakura Ken went to the Toho Studios to greet Toshiro Mifune, the star of the earlier 1949 adaptation filmed by director Senkichi Taniguchi. Mifune, who happened to be alone in the room, stood up to welcome Takakura's visit and made him some tea. Takakura, who was originally a fan of Mifune, was completely thrilled and came to respect Mifune thereafter.

Takakura was just about to make his breakthrough, but he did not get along well with director Kinji Fukasaku. After the shooting was complete, Fukasaku also said to those around him, "I will never use such a bad actor again." For this reason, Takakura and Fukasaku have only worked together on three films: Jakoman and Tetsu, Wolves, Pigs and Men, and Kamikaze Man: Duel at Noon, in which Takakura made a special appearance.

The film was shot on location on Shimamui Coast on the Shakotan Peninsula from December 1 to December 20, 1963. In the summer the area is crowded with fishermen and swimmers from Sapporo, but in the winter it becomes a lonely fishing village. The town of Irashatomachi welcomed the 80 people from Toei's film crew with a banner reading "Welcome Toei Film crew".

Toshiro Mifune, who played Tetsu in the earlier 1949 film adaptation, had worn a rubber pants on his lower body and had been naked on his upper body, but the night before the location shooting, Takakura claimed, "If it'll make a good movie, I'll do it in just a loincloth." Fishermen go into the sea with grease covering their bodies, but Takakura simply jumped into the sea at minus 16 degrees Celsius, with people around him warning him that he wou…

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