Chokoso no Akebono Complete Edition

[Machine Translation] No. 2 in the Top Ten Best Japanese Box Office Films of 1969! The mammoth blockbuster of the past as well as "Kurobe no Taiyo" has finally been made available for the first time in Japan after 40 years! The passionate drama of the men who risked their lives to construct the Kasumigaseki Building, the first skyscraper in earthquake-prone Japan, has been made into a movie on an unprecedented scale and with a superb cast! This spectacular film depicts the thrilling and tumultuous drama from the planning and design of the Kasumigaseki Building (36 stories, 147 meters above ground) to its completion at a cost of 180 million yen (direct production cost). This is the original "Project X" and a representative work of "success ensemble dramas" that are interesting to watch, such as "Kurobe no Taiyo" (Kuroyon Dam construction) and "The Sun Also Rises" (VHS development), and the definitive "Showa Era time slip film" after "Japan World Exposition"! <Special release to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Kasumigaseki Building. The film is 2 hours 40 minutes in HD master version (full-length complete version), telecine-cut from recently discovered master positive film. Includes an 8-page booklet "Making of The Skyscraper Dawn" filled with treasured photos and documents.

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1969年邦画興行ベストテン第2位!! あの『黒部の太陽』と並ぶ"幻のマンモス超大作"が、40年の時をこえて、ついに初ソフト化実現!! 地震国日本初の超高層=<霞が関ビル>建設に命を賭けた男たちの熱いドラマを、空前のスケールと超豪華キャストで映画化!! 霞が関ビル(地上36階、147m)の企画・設計から完成までの、スリリングで波瀾万丈のドラマを、約1億8千万円(直接製作費)の巨費をかけて描いたスペクタクル大作。これぞ、元祖『プロジェクトX』であり、『黒部の太陽』(黒四ダム建設)や『陽はまた昇る』(VHS開発)といった、観て面白い"サクセス群像ドラマ"の代表作であり、『日本万国博』に次ぐ"昭和タイムスリップ映画"の決定版!! <霞が関ビル竣工40周年記念>特別リリース。最近発掘されたマスターポジフィルムよりテレシネしたHDマスター仕様 2時間40分(全長完全版)。秘蔵写真&資料満載の8P解説書「メイキング・オブ・超高層のあけぼの」封入。