Best Guy
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| Directed by | Toru Murakawa |
| Written by | Makoto Takada Toru Murakawa |
| Produced by | Yasuhiro Hasegawa Akio Yamaguchi Yosuke Mizuno Yoshihiro Kojima Michio Tohohara |
| Starring | Yūji Oda Naomi Zaizen |
| Cinematography | Yoshitaka Sakamoto |
| Edited by | Masaaki Kawashima |
| Music by | Minoru Yamazaki |
| Distributed by | Toei |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Best Guy (ベストガイ, Besutogai) is a 1990 Japanese action film directed by Toru Murakawa, and produced by Toei Company in association with Mitsui & Co. and Tohokushinsha Film. The screenplay was written by Murakawa with Makoto Takada. The film stars Yūji Oda, Naomi Zaizen, Masato Furuoya, Masato Nagamori, and Toshio Kurosawa.[1] The title refers to the highest rank of the JASDF's F-15J training program.
The film's aerial scenes were produced in cooperation with the JASDF, using the Mitsubishi F-15J - the country's variant of the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle. Seen by movie critics as a copy of Top Gun, Best Guy was a box-office failure in Japan.
Cast
- Yūji Oda as Lieutenant Hideo "Goku" Kajitani
- Naomi Zaizen as Miyuki Mizuno
- Masato Furuoya as Major Nobuaki "Zombie/Demon" Yoshinaga
- Masato Nagamori as Captain Terushi "Imagine" Nataka
- Toshio Kurosawa as Lt. Colonel Tadayuki "Odyssey" Yamamoto
- Masahiro Sudou as Major Haruo "Thunder" Yashiki
- Mikihisa Azuma as Second Lieutenant Yoshitaka "Robin" Muramatsu
- Zenkichi Yoneyama as Second Lieutenant Atsuo "Duck" Nakagawa
- Hikaru Kurosaki as Junior Officer Yusuke "Yunker" Tateishi
- Chiharu Iwamoto as Second Lieutenant Akiko Shibata
- Akiji Kobayashi as Yoshi Kamogawa
- Masaru Matsuda as Tsuyoshi Tokuda
- Akiko Kana as Yumiko Yoshinaga
- Chiyoko Shimakura as the Chief Nurse
- Takaaki Enoki
- Naoto Takenaka
Soundtrack
The film's self-titled theme song was recorded by Sheree Jeacocke and released as a CD single by BMG Victor on October 21, 1990. Jeacocke herself makes an appearance in the beginning of the film.
Marketing
Hasegawa issued a "Best Guy" edition of their 1/48 scale F-15J Eagle model kit to promote the film.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Best Guy". AllCinema. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
- ^ Hasegawa 1/48 F-15 Eagle "Best Guy"
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