Die Todestreppe (1982)
36KDie Todestreppe: Directed by Kinji Fukasaku. With Keiko Matsuzaka, Morio Kazama, Mitsuru Hirata, Chika Takami. A lowly obsequious member of a movie star’s entourage agrees to marry his boss’s pregnant mistress so he can continue his feckless lifestyle. He then takes up dangerous work as a stunt man to support his new family. Duty and loyalty turn into something deeper.
“FALL GUY (KAMATA KOSHINKYOKU) Directed by Kinji Fukasaku, 1982, 109 minu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFall 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 u0026amp; hanger onu0026#39;s blind devotion.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003enThe 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.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAt times moving, funny, and even romantic, Fall Guy, was well received and has won the first place in the u0026quot;Ten Best Filmsu0026quot; poll by Kinema Jumpo, as well as many other awards.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePS The honeymoon trip to Kyushu is a sweet moment of the film and clearly an inside joke.”
