The Fable ザ・ファブル Za Faburu
Official Blu-Ray Japanese cover
The Fable (Japanese title: ザ・ファブル, Za Faburu) is a 2019 action-comedy film based on the 2014-2019 manga of the same name by Katsuhisa Minami. The film stars Junichi Okada as "The Fable", an legendary hitman within the Japanese underworld who is ordered to live a normal civilian life without killing anybody for an entire year. A sequel, The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill , was released in 2021.
The following weapons were used in the film The Fable :
Pistols
Nighthawk Custom M1911
Akira "The Fable" Sato (Junichi Okada ) uses a customized Nighthawk Custom-made M1911 as his signature weapon. According to this blog post , the custom pistol was apparently made for the film by using a Tanio Koba GM-7 airsoft pistol. 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.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nighthawk Custom M1911A1 gas pistol, customized to resemble the same pistol in the Fable manga.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Left side of Nighthawk Custom M1911A1 gas pistol with suppressor, customized to resemble the same pistol in the Fable manga.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Fable shoots a thug with the Nighthawk.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Fable's Nighthawk Custom hidden inside a boombox.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the pistol.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Fable aims the pistol's frame.
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Glock 17
Multiple characters throughout the film use the Glock 17
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing An American mafia thug (on the right) aims his Glock after their dinner with the yakuza is interrupted by the Fable killing their leader.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Fable's Glock hidden inside a microwave.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A yakuza's Glock locks empty after the Fable fires it in the film's climax.
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Glock 19
Several characters throughout the film use a Glock 19 .
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M1911A1
Boss (Kôichi Satô ) uses a Colt M1911A1 throughout the film. Several characters throughout the film also use variants of the pistol.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A yakuza thug on the right holds the 1911.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing In a flashback, a young Akira (Ryôka Minamide) aims the pistol at Boss' tied-up target.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pistol is aimed at the young Fable after the target breaks free and disarms him.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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.
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Walther PPK/S
"Hood" (Sota Fukushi ) uses a silenced Walther PPK/S throughout the film.
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Tokarev TT-33
Kuroshio (Kai Inowaki) is briefly seen with a Tokarev TT-33 . Another Tokarev is also seen later in the film.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kuroshio aims his Tokarev at the Fable.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Fable aims the Tokarev at Ebihara after disarming Kuroshio.
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Beretta 92FS
Several characters throughout the film use a Beretta 92FS throughout the film's climax.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Multiple yakuza thugs aiming their Berettas.
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Luger P08
Hamada (Ken Mitsuishi ) briefly takes out a hidden Luger P08 .
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Walther PPK
The Fable briefly takes out a Walther PPK hidden in his house.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Fable takes the PPK out of a rice cooker.
Revolvers
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.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 36 - .38 Special - 5 shot. First pattern with flat latch cylinder release.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Fable imagines shooting both Ebihara and Hamada.
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Colt Python
Kojima (Yûya Yagira ) briefly uses a Colt Python in his encounter with Kazama.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kojima aims the Python at Kazama.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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 .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A yakuza thug holds the revolver. The revolver is misidentified as a "Colt Government Model " a moment later.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A yakuza thug fires his Model 10 at the Fable in the film's climax.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Fable aims a Model 10 at multiple yakuza thugs.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Fable shoots out a vent's screws with the revolver.
Colt Detective Special
The Fable briefly uses a yakuza thug's Colt Detective Special in the film's climax.
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Smith & Wesson Model 49
Sunagawa (Osamu Mukai ) uses a Smith & Wesson Model 49 in the film's climax.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kojima begs for his life as Sunagawa aims the revolver at him.
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Submachine Guns
IMI Micro Uzi
A Yakuza thug briefly uses an IMI Micro Uzi in the film's opening.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The thugfrantically attempts to reload the Micro Uzi.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Fable aims his pistol at the now-dead thug. The Micro Uzi can be seen next to him.