Top League DVD Box

[Machine Translation] Uncovering the truth behind the Showa era's biggest prison case. This is a political suspense film by the author of "The Trembling Cow", which delves into the biggest taboo at the Prime Minister's Office! Tetsuji Tamayama passionately plays the role of a newspaper reporter who is on a meteoric rise to the center of Nagatacho. Kaoru Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Takanori Jinnai, and other talented actors provide the supporting cast. --Naoki Matsuoka (Tetsuji Tamayama) works in the economics department of Daiwa Shimbun, a major Tokyo-based newspaper, and is told that he will be transferred to the politics department for one year. He is transferred to the Political Affairs Department with the promise of a year's work. At his first regular press conference as Chief Cabinet Secretary, Matsuoka ignores the rules and throws a question, which catches the attention of Chief Cabinet Secretary Kondo (Kaoru Kobayashi), and he rises to the top of the league. Meanwhile, Yuji Sakai ( Hiroyuki Ikeuchi ), a former colleague of Matsuoka's, is working as a reporter for a weekly magazine, pursuing the truth behind a safe found at a landfill. Then a robbery occurs. The victim is the same person Sakai had just interviewed about the safe... Matsuoka and Sakai have gone their separate ways as reporters, but when they meet again for the first time in 10 years, the biggest taboo of the Prime Minister's Office, which shakes Nagatacho, is revealed--! 6 episodes in total.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: event footage, spots

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昭和最大の疑獄事件の真相を暴く。「震える牛」の原作者が描く、官邸最大のタブーに迫る政治サスペンス! 永田町の中枢に破竹の勢いで上りつめる新聞記者役を玉山鉄二が熱演。小林薫、池内博之、陣内孝則をはじめ実力派俳優が脇を固めた。――大手在京新聞社・大和新聞の経済部に勤める松岡直樹(玉山鉄二)は、1年という約束で政治部への異動を告げられる。「港区の埋立地で金庫が発見されましたが、近藤官房長官はどう感じられましたか?」初めての官房長官定例会見でルールを無視し質問を投げた松岡は近藤官房長官(小林薫)の目にとまり、トップリーグへと上りつめていく――。一方、かつて松岡の同僚だった酒井祐治(池内博之)は週刊誌の記者として埋立地で発見るされた金庫の真相を追っていた。そんな中ある強盗事件が発生。被害者は酒井が金庫の件で取材したばかりの相手で・・・。記者として別々の道を歩いていた松岡と酒井。2人が10年ぶりに再会したことで永田町を揺るがす官邸最大のタブーが暴かれていく――! 全6話収録。

特典映像(31分): 完成披露試写会、スポット集