The Build-Up (Kyojin to gangu)

The cut-throat world of advertising is seen with trenchant humor in this early satire by Masumura. His quick editing highlights his targets - the executive who destroys himself for his company, the idiocy of television production, the animal instincts of the overnight star - while the young hero tries in vain to hold on to a few principles.

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