Local Origination Movie
BREAKTHROUGH FOR CHANGE
©Around Shimanto Making Committee
Storyline
Akira, Takeshi, Yasu, and Shun are a gang of four close friends, all of whom were core members of their high-school ekiden team. Although they were stars back in those days, having slacked up their efforts subsequently, their daily life is lackluster now that the age of forty is just around the corner. They talk at a favorite local tavern just like they used to after Akira comes home giving up his dream to become an actor. Thinking back, they have never accomplished anything but ekiden, and they have unknowingly acquired a tendency to run away from problems in life in general. The phrase they cannot help muttering to themselves is how brilliant they were in those days… Feeling dispirited, they think of participating in the Shimanto Dragon Ride. A challenge for the four men in their late thirties begins…
Plot
A great number of members of Cast and staff kindly gathered, not only from the city of Kochi but also from Tokyo, despite the demanding filming schedule. It is strongly hoped that this movie, the completion of which would not have been possible without the efforts of many people, is to be introduced from Kochi to Japan nationwide as well as to the world. The late thirties is presumably a critical point in life when people get anxious in the face of the fast-approaching watershed of the age of forty. Men in their late thirties resolve to stand up with their comrades, which would surely rekindle enthusiasm for life that you can accomplish anything if you put your mind to it. The age can be defied by your own will. That is the spirit of this movie.
Cast
Yusei Nishimura, Makoto Araki, Hiroshi Nose, Dai-chan, Gaku Yamamoto, Yasue Sato, Yu Hiroi, Wakako Shimazaki, Kanpei Hazama, Yoshio Kojima, Shinzen Okada
Director & Work Data
- Director
- Daisuke Matsuda
- Country
- Japan
- Year
- 2015
- Copyright
- Around Shimanto Making Committee
