The Waste Land (2009-Japan-Fuji TV)

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Drama: The Waste Land
Romaji: Fumo Chitai
Japanese: 不毛地帯
Director: Shin Hirano, Naruhide Mizuta, Kensaku Sawada, Kazutaka Ohara
Writer: Toyoko Yamasaki (novel), Atsuko Hashibe
Network: Fuji TV
Episodes: 19
Release Date: October 15, 2009 - March 11, 2010
Runtime: Thursday 22:00-22:54
TV Ratings: 11.6% (weekly average)
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

A military officer, who was detained for 11 years in a Siberian prison camp after WWII, returns to his native Japan in 1956. The former officer is then recruited by the C. Itoh & Co. trading house and joins their company. With his help, the company over the next two decades rises into a global powerhouse.