Scape Goat

[Machine Translation] A scapegoat (sacrificial sacrifice) unleashed on the political world or a "Jeanne d'Arc" who saves a sinking nation? Through the figure of a female politician, this film questions the true image of a leader sought by the people of Japan. A film adaptation of the novel of the same title by writer Koda Maon! A realistic and tumultuous success story! Co-starring Kuroki Hitomi, a former member of the Takarazuka Revue, and Ishimaru Kanji, former top star of the Shiki Theater Company. --A university professor, Teruko Misaki (Hitomi Kuroki), suddenly receives a call from a TV station executive, Shun Yagisawa (Kanji Ishimaru). Yagisawa has been asked by Taizo Yamashiro (Kazuyuki Furuya), the president of the Meisei Party, which is seeking to regain power in the next general election, to bring Teruko to him. Yamashiro is trying to recruit Teruko as a civilian cabinet minister. After meeting with Teruko, Yamashiro asked her to chair a study group of the party. Teruko, who had shunned politics because of a feud with her father born when she was a student, hesitated and was unable to respond. However, a few days later, an article appears in the newspaper announcing her appointment as chairperson. This was a ploy by Yamashiro to draw Teruko in. Unable to back down, Teruko decides to enter politics with the support of her husband, Nobuaki (Takashi Kobayashi), despite her family's reservations. However, soon after she becomes a minister, she faces a crisis of unprecedented scale. Will Teruko survive in politics? And what is Yamashiro's plan?

Special Feature / Bonus Track: making-of featurette (subject to change)

政界に放たれたスケープゴート(いけにえ)か、沈没に向かう国家を救う"ジャンヌ・ダルク"か。ひとりの女性政治家の姿を通し、国民が求める真のリーダー像を問いかける。作家・幸田真音の同名小説を映像化! リアルで波乱に満ちたサクセスストーリー! 宝塚歌劇団出身の黒木瞳と劇団四季の元トップスター石丸幹二の共演。――大学教授・三崎皓子(黒木瞳)の元に、テレビ局役員・矢木沢峻(石丸幹二)から、突如、連絡が入る。20年前に別れて以来、音信不通であった矢木沢からの呼び出しに困惑する皓子。矢木沢は次の総選挙で政権奪還を狙う明正党総裁・山城泰三(古谷一行)から皓子と引き合わせるよう頼まれたというのだ。山城は皓子を民間人閣僚に迎え入れようとしていた。皓子と会った山城は、党の勉強会の座長を要請。学生時代に生まれた父親との確執から政治家を敬遠していた皓子は逡巡し返事ができないでいた。だが、数日後、皓子の座長就任を告げる記事が新聞に載ってしまう。それは皓子を引き込むための山城の策略であった。あとに引けなくなった皓子は、家族に気兼ねしながらも夫・伸明(小林隆)の後押しで政界に足を踏み入れることを決意。だが、大臣就任直後、皓子に未曾有の危機が訪れてしまう。はたして、皓子は政界で生き残れるのか。そして、山城の思惑とは・・・。

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