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{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Primarysources|date=March 2009}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name image = Zeni Geba bunkoban 1.png
| imagecaption = Cover =of the first ''[[bunkoban]]'' volume
| caption = ▼
| ja_kanji = 銭ゲバ
| ja_romaji = ▼
| genre =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/MangaPrint
| titletype = manga
| author = [[George Akiyama]]
| publisher = {{ubl|[[Shogakukan]]|[[Asahi Sonorama]]}}
| illustrator =
| magazine demographic = ''[[Shōnen Sundaymanga|Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]''▼
| publisher =
| imprint = Shōnen Sunday Comics
| publisher_en =
| magazine = [[Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]
| publisher_other =
| demographic =
▲| magazine = [[Shōnen Sunday|Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]
| first = 1970
| last = 1971
| volumes = 2
| chapter_listvolume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/DramaVideo
| specialtype = drama
| title =
| director =
▲| ja_romajiproducer =
| writer = [[Yoshikazu Okada (screenwriter)|Yoshikazu Okada]]
▲| captionmusic =
| studio =
| network = [[NTVNippon News Network|NNN]]
| network_enfirst = 17 January 2009
| network_otherlast = 14 March 2009
| released =
| first = [[17 January]] [[2009]]
| last = [[14 March]] [[2009]]
| episodes = 9
| episode_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
 
{{Nihongo|'''''Zeni Geba'''''|銭ゲバ}} is a Japanese [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[George Akiyama]]. The series was originally serialized in [[Shogakukan]]'s [[Shōnen manga|''shōnen'' manga]] magazine ''[[Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]'' from 1970 to 1971, with its chapters collected into two ''[[tankōbon]]'' volumes. ''Shōnen Sunday'' was once specified as "harmful" in some prefectures when the series has started, because of its violent and drastic depiction.<ref>{{in lang|ja}} [https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/p-et-tp0-20081203-436023.html article from nikkansports.com {{nihongo2|松ケン今度は「銭ゲバ」個性的キャラ怪演}}], viewed on March 28th, 2009.</ref>
{{Nihongo|'''''Zeni Geba'''''|銭ゲバ}} is a [[manga]] story written by [[George Akiyama]] and a [[TV drama]] in Japan.
 
The story was that by extreme poverty,about a boy named {{Nihongo|Fūtarō Gamagōri|蒲郡風太郎}} repeatedwho murderslived andin grasped[[extreme moneypoverty]], who gained affluence and honorinfluence through a series of murders.<br />▼
==General description==
''Zeni'' means money in Japanese and ''Geba'' means die Gewalt (power) in German, so the title can be translated into "Moneypower".
The ''[[gekiga]]'' comic strip was serialized from No. 13 in 1970 to No. 6 in 1971 in ''[[Shōnen Sunday|Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]''.
▲The story was that by extreme poverty, a boy named {{Nihongo|Fūtarō Gamagōri|蒲郡風太郎}} repeated murders and grasped money and honor.
 
A film of ''Zeni Geba'' was released in 1970, directed by Yoshinori Wada, starring [[Jūrō Kara]] and [[Mako Midori]], and featuring an appearance by science fiction author [[Izumi Suzuki]].
==Story==
The series was dramatized into a [[TV drama|TV series]] in 2009, and was aired from January to March by the [[Nippon News Network|NNN TVs]] in Japan, starring [[Kenichi Matsuyama]]. The original story was released shortly after when [[Student activism]] was on in Japan and thus reflected such historical backgrounds as represented in its use of the word {{nihongo|ゲバ|geba}} in the title. The background of the TV series, on the other hand, was adjusted to reflect the 2009 world, including positioning of the main character as {{nihongo|a temp worker|派遣社員|haken shain}} working at a factory.<ref>{{in lang|ja}} Interview with George Akiyama:[https://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/special/20090204/1023364/?P=8 ''From "Zeni Geba" to "Seisho" (the Bible) - George Akiyama talks about life'' (『銭ゲバ』から『聖書』まで、ジョージ秋山が語る人生の極意)], on nikkei Trendy.net, viewed March 28th, 2009.</ref>
Fūtarō Gamagōri was a Japanese person born in [[Matsumoto, Nagano]], and he was injured on skin of right eyelid.
His father was good-for-nothing father, and mother had poor health but good woman.
Then his family was desperate poverty, sometimes there was only five [[yen]] money.
He was poor but lived hard, but he surrounded by beloved mother and a young man lived hood.
But he could pay doctor's bill then his mother was dead, the he became desperate and murdered the young man who knew his crime and hold culpable to him.
After it, Futaro rushes out of the birthplace and marries the daughter of [[CEO]] of the shipbuilding company.
Then he commited murders for money, and finally he laid low the president, and succeeded to the takeover of the company. However he performed suicide last.
 
==References==
{{english sources}}
{{refbegin}}
*『銭ゲバ 上 (1) 』(幻冬舎文庫 し 20-4) ジョージ秋山 (文庫 - 2007/10)
*『銭ゲバ 下 (2) 』(幻冬舎文庫 し 20-5) ジョージ秋山 (文庫 - 2007/10)
{{refend}}
{{reflist}}
 
==External links==
*{{ann|manga|1261}}
* [https://www.ntv.co.jp/zenigeba/ Official NTV website] {{ja icon}}▼
 
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1360719/ ''Zenigeba'' at IMDb]▼
{{Weekly Shōnen Sunday - 1970–1979}}
 
==External links==
▲* [https://www.ntv.co.jp/zenigeba/ Official NTV website] {{jain iconlang|ja}}
▲* [httphttps:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1360719/ ''Zenigeba'' at IMDb]
 
[[Category:Japanese drama television series]]
[[ko:제니게바]]
[[jaCategory:銭ゲバ1970 manga]]
[[Category:Shōnen manga]]
[[Category:Television shows written by Yoshikazu Okada]]
[[Category:Nippon Television dramas]]
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