I do not think there is any other movie industry in the world that produces so many movies about toxic individuals as the Japanese one, with the independent sector in particular dealing with this type of personas quite frequently, as filmmakers like Shinya Tsukamoro. Tetsuya Mariko and Toshiaki Toyoda extensively focus on this type of loser. Nobuhiro Yamashita attempts to do the same, adapting the Akutagawa Prize-winning novel “Kueki Ressha” by Kenta Nishimura, adding though, a very significant element, the presence of female character Yasuko, who did not exist in the original.
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The character in focus is named Kanta Kitamachi, and he is the epitome of the term ‘loser’. Coming from a family that fell apart when his father was convicted as a sex offender, the 19-year-old has been living alone in a tiny apartment, spending all the money...
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The character in focus is named Kanta Kitamachi, and he is the epitome of the term ‘loser’. Coming from a family that fell apart when his father was convicted as a sex offender, the 19-year-old has been living alone in a tiny apartment, spending all the money...
- 9/7/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The official website for Nobuhiro Yamashita’s Kueki Ressha has been revamped with a new full trailer.
The film is based on a semi-autobiographical Akutagawa Prize-winning novel by Kenta Nishimura. It’s set in 1986 and stars Mirai Moriyama as a 19-year-old day laborer named Kanta Kitamachi who has no friends, no life, and can’t afford his rent because he wastes all his money on booze and sex workers. To top it off, he has to deal with the shame of having a sex offender for a father.
Eventually, he manages to strike up a friendship with a co-worker and vocational school student named Shoji Kusakabe (Kengo Kora). One day, they meet a used bookstore employee named Yasuko Sakurai (Atsuko Maeda) and Kanta falls in love at first sight. Kusakabe acts as a go-between, leading to a friendship with Yasuko. However, Kanta’s eagerness soon gets the better of him...
The film is based on a semi-autobiographical Akutagawa Prize-winning novel by Kenta Nishimura. It’s set in 1986 and stars Mirai Moriyama as a 19-year-old day laborer named Kanta Kitamachi who has no friends, no life, and can’t afford his rent because he wastes all his money on booze and sex workers. To top it off, he has to deal with the shame of having a sex offender for a father.
Eventually, he manages to strike up a friendship with a co-worker and vocational school student named Shoji Kusakabe (Kengo Kora). One day, they meet a used bookstore employee named Yasuko Sakurai (Atsuko Maeda) and Kanta falls in love at first sight. Kusakabe acts as a go-between, leading to a friendship with Yasuko. However, Kanta’s eagerness soon gets the better of him...
- 4/28/2012
- Nippon Cinema
The Japanese movie site Cinema Today has uploaded a teaser for Nobuhiro Yamashita’s upcoming movie Kueki Ressha to their YouTube channel.
The movie is based on a novel by Kenta Nishimura which won the 144th Akutagawa Prize in 2011. It’s set in the late 1980s and stars Mirai Moriyama as a 19-year-old day laborer named Kanta Kitamachi who squanders most of his meager wages on booze even though he can’t afford to pay his own rent.
Kitamachi lives a solitary life, actively avoiding others until he becomes friends with a co-worker and vocational school student named Shoji Kusakabe (Kengo Kora). One day, they meet a used bookstore employee named Yasuko Sakurai (Atsuko Maeda) and Kanta falls in love at first sight. Kusakabe acts as a go-between, leading to a friendship with Yasuko. However, Kanta’s eagerness soon gets the better of him.
“Kueki Ressha” will be released by...
The movie is based on a novel by Kenta Nishimura which won the 144th Akutagawa Prize in 2011. It’s set in the late 1980s and stars Mirai Moriyama as a 19-year-old day laborer named Kanta Kitamachi who squanders most of his meager wages on booze even though he can’t afford to pay his own rent.
Kitamachi lives a solitary life, actively avoiding others until he becomes friends with a co-worker and vocational school student named Shoji Kusakabe (Kengo Kora). One day, they meet a used bookstore employee named Yasuko Sakurai (Atsuko Maeda) and Kanta falls in love at first sight. Kusakabe acts as a go-between, leading to a friendship with Yasuko. However, Kanta’s eagerness soon gets the better of him.
“Kueki Ressha” will be released by...
- 3/16/2012
- Nippon Cinema
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