“Yowamushi Pedal” is a very popular manga series by Wataru Watanabe, first published February 21, 2008 in weekly manga magazine Weekly Shonen Champion. Following the success of the manga, 4 seasons of anime television series adaptation aired from October 2013 to June 2018 and a live-action television drama adaptation aired in August 2016. Now we finally have the live action cinema adaptation “Yowamushi Pedal: Up the Road” directed by Koichiro Miki, starring a bunch of idols and popular young actors, for the joy of the fans.
“Yowamushi Pedal: Up the Road” is screening at Toronto Japanese Film Festival
The film opens with Sakamichi Onoda (Ren Nagase) pedaling happily on a rusty “granny” bike, in a haze of sakura petals along the panoramic route to Chiba on Tokyo Bay. He is cycling towards a new chapter of his life, as high school has just started, and his expectations are high. Onoda is a bit of a loner,...
“Yowamushi Pedal: Up the Road” is screening at Toronto Japanese Film Festival
The film opens with Sakamichi Onoda (Ren Nagase) pedaling happily on a rusty “granny” bike, in a haze of sakura petals along the panoramic route to Chiba on Tokyo Bay. He is cycling towards a new chapter of his life, as high school has just started, and his expectations are high. Onoda is a bit of a loner,...
- 6/18/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
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