The Fable (2019)

The Fable ザ・ファブル Za Faburu Blu-Ray cover Country Japan Directed by Kan Eguchi Release Date 2019 Language Japanese Studio Aeon Entertainment Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company Fukuoka Broadcasting System Geek Sight GyaO Hiroshima Telecasting J-Storm Kodansha Miyagi Television Broadcasting Nippon Television Network Sapporo Television Broadcasting Comapny Shizuoka Daiichi Television Shochiku Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation Distributor Shochiku (Japan) NTV International Sales (worldwide) Main Cast Character Actor The Fable / "Akira Sato" Junichi Okada “Hood” Sota Fukushi Misaki Mizuki Yamamoto Yoko Sato Fumino Kimura Ebihara Ken Yasuda “Code” Ryô Kimura Hamada Ken Mitsuishi Sunagawa Osamu Mukai Kojima Yûya Yagira Boss Kôichi Satô

The Fable (Japanese title: ザ・ファブル, Za Faburu) is a 2019 action-comedy film based on the 2014-2019 manga series of the same name by Katsuhisa Minami. The film stars Junichi Okada as "The Fable", an exceptionally talented and legendary hitman within the Japanese underworld who is ordered by his superior (Kôichi Satô) to take a break from his work and live a normal civilian life without killing anybody for an entire year, with him facing life-threatening consequences if he is discovered to have killed anyone within the year. As the Fable settles into his new identity and lifestyle, his life is threatened by figures from the underworld who are trying to find him. The film follows the Fable as he learns to live a civilian life, as well as his encounters with the criminals who want him dead. A sequel, The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill, was released in 2021.

The following weapons were used in the film The Fable (2019):

Pistols

Beretta 92FS

Several characters throughout the film use a Beretta 92FS throughout the film's climax.

Beretta 92FS - 9x19mm Parabellum

Multiple yakuza thugs aiming their Berettas.

The Fable aiming a thug's Beretta.

The Beretta in the Fable's hand.

A Beretta on the ground.

Hood dual-wields a Beretta with a Glock.

Colt M1911A1

Boss (Kôichi Satô) uses a Colt M1911A1 throughout the film. Several characters throughout the film also use variants of the pistol.

Colt Gold Cup National Match (Mark IV, Series 70) - .45 ACP

A yakuza thug on the right holds the 1911.

In a flashback, a young Akira (Ryôka Minamide) aims the pistol at Boss' tied-up target.

The pistol is aimed at the young Fable after the target breaks free and disarms him.

Fable manages to get his finger on the pistol's trigger. The pistol turns into the Fable's signature Nighthawk in a continuity error shortly after.

Boss fires his 1911 in the film's ending.

Ditto.

Glock 17

Multiple characters throughout the film use the Glock 17.

Glock 17 (1st Generation) - 9x19mm Parabellum

A mafia thug (on the right) aims his Glock after their dinner with the yakuza is interrupted by the Fable killing their leader.

The Fable's Glock hidden inside a microwave.

"Code" (Ryô Kimura) holding out a Glock after shooting a yakuza thug.

Glock 17 (early third generation model from 1998) - 9x19mm Parabellum

A yakuza's Glock locks empty after the Fable fires it in the film's climax.

The Fable aims a Glock at Hood.

Glock 19

Several characters throughout the film use a Glock 19.

Glock 19 (2nd Generation) - 9x19mm

"Code" (Ryô Kimura) holding his Glock 19.

Hood dual wields a Glock 17 with a Beretta in the film's climax.

Luger P08

Hamada (Ken Mitsuishi) briefly takes out a hidden Luger P08.

Luger P08 - 9x19mm

Hamada holding the Luger.

Nighthawk Custom M1911A1

The Fable / "Akira Sato" (Junichi Okada)'s signature handgun is a Nighthawk Custom-made Colt M1911A1. According to this blog post, the pistol in the film was apparently custom-made using a Tanio Koba GM-7 airsoft pistol as a base. Modifications include the use of 1911 Diamondback grips, a 4 inch chrome slide, and adding Nighthawk Custom engravings, new front/rear sights, and a DCI suppressor barrel adaptor.

Nighthawk Custom M1911A1 gas pistol, customized to resemble the same pistol in the Fable manga.

Left side of Nighthawk Custom M1911A1 gas pistol with suppressor, customized to resemble the same pistol in the Fable manga.

The Fable holds his Nighthawk after slitting a yakuza thug's throat in the film's opening. Right after this, he fires a whopping 15 shots from his pistol without reloading, an unrealistic number compared to a the average capacity of a compact 1911.

The Fable shoots a thug with the Nighthawk.

The Fable's Nighthawk Custom hidden inside a boombox.

A close-up of the pistol.

The Nighthawk as it appears in a flashback.

The disassembled pistol.

The pistol's frame.

The Fable aims the pistol's frame after modifying it to be able to fire special, non-lethal bullets.

The Fable aiming the pistol in the film's climax.

Promotional still of Junichi Okada aiming the Nighthawk Custom.

Tokarev TT-33

Kuroshio (Kai Inowaki) is briefly seen with a Tokarev TT-33. Another Tokarev is also seen later in the film.

Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Kuroshio aims his Tokarev at the Fable.

The Fable aims the Tokarev at Ebihara after disarming Kuroshio.

Ditto.

A dead yakuza thug clutching a Tokarev.

Walther PPK/S

"Hood" (Sota Fukushi) uses a silenced Walther PPK/S throughout the film.

Walther PPK/S (with suppressor) - .380 ACP

Hood gets answers out of a yakuza thug with his suppressed PPK/S.

Hood fires the pistol in the film's climax.

Walther PPK

The Fable briefly takes out a Walther PPK hidden in his house.

Walther PPK - .32 ACP

The Fable takes the PPK out of a rice cooker.

Revolvers

Colt Detective Special

The Fable briefly uses a yakuza thug's Colt Detective Special in the film's climax.

Colt Detective Special 1st Gen with Round Butt - .38 Special

The Fable aims the revolver.

Hood knocks the bullets out of the revolver.

Colt Python

Kojima (Yûya Yagira) uses a Colt Python during his meeting with Kazama.

Colt Python with 6" Barrel - .357 Magnum

Kojima aims the Python at Kazama.

An ecstatic Kojima inspects the revolver after shooting Kazama.

Smith & Wesson Model 10

Multiple characters throughout the film use different variants of the Smith & Wesson Model 10.

Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolver with black grips - .38 Special

A yakuza thug holds the revolver. The revolver is misidentified as a "Colt Government Model" a moment later.

Smith & Wesson Model 10 HB (heavy barrel) revolver with black rubber grips - .38 Special

A dead yakuza thug holding on to his Model 10.

Smith & Wesson Model 10 snub nose revolver - .38 Special. Early Model

A yakuza thug fires his Model 10 at the Fable in the film's climax.

Smith & Wesson Model 10 with three inch barrel and round butt - .38 Special.

The Fable aims a Model 10 at multiple yakuza thugs.

The Fable shoots out a vent's screws with the revolver.

Smith & Wesson Model 36

Ebihara (Ken Yasuda) uses a Smith & Wesson Model 36 throughout the film. The revolver is also seen with multiple yakuza thugs.

Smith & Wesson Model 36 - .38 Special - 5 shot. First pattern with flat latch cylinder release.

Ebihara places his Model 36 on the table.

The Fable imagines shooting both Ebihara and Hamada with the revolver.

Ebihara aims his S&W at the Fable.

Ditto.

Smith & Wesson Model 49

Sunagawa (Osamu Mukai) uses a Smith & Wesson Model 49 in the film's climax.

Smith & Wesson Model 49 - .38 Special

Kojima begs for his life as Sunagawa aims the revolver at him.

Sunagawa (Osamu Mukai) holding the revolver.

Submachine Guns

IMI Micro Uzi

A Yakuza thug briefly uses a pair of IMI Micro Uzis in the film's opening.

IMI Micro Uzi - 9x19mm

The Fable ducks into cover as the thug unloads his Uzis.

The thug continues to fire both Uzis as the Fable counts down the number of bullets remaining. The submachine gun is correctly identified as a Micro Uzi on-screen.

The thug frantically attempts to reload the Micro Uzi.

The Fable aims his pistol at the now-dead thug. The Micro Uzi can be seen next to him.