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Vito Andolini Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel ''The Godfather'' and in Francis Ford Coppola's film series based on the novel, where he was portrayed by Marlon Brando in ''The Godfather'' and, as a young man, by Robert De Niro in ''The Godfather Part II''. ''Premiere Magazine'' listed Vito Corleone as the greatest film character in history. He was also selected as the 10th greatest film character by ''Empire''. == Character overview == Vito Corleone is the head of the Corleone crime familythe most powerful Mafia family in New York City. He is depicted as an orphaned Sicilian immigrant who builds a Mafia empire. Upon his death at the end of the novel, his youngest son, Michael, succeeds him as the head of the Corleone family. Vito has two other sons, Santino ("Sonny") and Frederico ("Fredo" or "Freddie"), as well as a daughter, Connie, all of whom play major roles in the story. He also informally adopts Sonny's friend, Tom Hagen, who becomes the Family's ''consigliere''. Vito oversees a business founded on gambling, bootlegging, and union corruption, but he is known as a generous man who lives by a strict moral code of loyalty to friends and, above all, family. He is also known as a traditionalist who demands respect commensurate with his status; even his closest friends refer to him as "Godfather" or "Don Corleone" rather than "Vito". Vito prides himself on being careful and reasonable, but does not completely forsake violence. When his godson, singer Johnny Fontane, wants to be released from his contract with a bandleader, Vito offers to buy it out, but the bandleader refuses. Vito then threatens to kill the bandleader unless he releases Fontane for a much smaller sum. Later, when movie mogul Jack Woltz refuses to cast Fontane in a film role that could revitalize his waning career, Vito has Woltz's champion race horse killed and the horse's severed head placed in Woltz's bed as a warning. In the novel, it is understood that when Vito offers to reason with someone, it should be taken as a warning - and if that warning goes unheeded, the person is likely to pay with his life. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vito Corleone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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