The Giant
- Originální název: 巨人伝
- Žánr: Historický, Drama
- Režie: Mansaku Itami
- Hrají: Keiji Sakakida, Osamu Takizawa, Shin Date, Sadao Maruyama, Kan Yanagiya, Setsuko Hara, Dendžiró Ókóči, Rjó Sajama, Masako Tsutsumi, Jó Šiomi, Yuriko Hanabusa, Nidžiko Kijokawa, Keiichi Shimada, Eiji Nakamura, Kó Mihaši, Nobuo Kosaka, Yoshio Kosugi , další...
Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern War of 1877 in Japan, which was the last civil war in the country, a criminal escapes prison only to be found by a monk. The criminal decides to turn a new leaf based on their conversation and goes on to become a town's mayor. He hears news of a mistaken arrest and identity. The revelation of truth is the start of a series of miseries.
