★ Please note that I will not respond to inquiries about price negotiations. Please only purchase if you understand this. I have confirmed that there are no issues with playback, but this is a former rental copy, so please refrain from purchasing if you are sensitive to this. This is an inside-politics drama depicting the dark clouds of the political world surrounding dam construction and the bloody battle among politicians vying for the presidency. This powerful epic film, based on Tatsuzo Ishikawa's novel of the same name, was directed by Satsuo Yamamoto with a star-studded cast. On May 12, 1964, at the 14th Minseito Party Convention, the current president, Masaomi Terada, defeated Kazuaki Sakai, the leader of the party's largest faction, and assumed the presidency.