Taira, an unnervingly quiet delinquent teen, mysteriously leaves town right before the coming of age festival. His disappearance doesn t worry anyone except for younger brother Shota, his only remaining family, who sets off to look for him amidst the faded downtown neon lights. Taira aimlessly wanders through a nearby city, provoking fights with random bystanders. His violent streak intrigues high schooler Yuya who rallies him to beat up more people. As the night progresses, street-side scuffles soon turn into a sinister game, becoming even more mindless and indiscriminate. The two leave behind a trail of blood and mass confusion. Indie director Tetsuya Mariko brings us a deceptive piece of cinema which begins like a slice-of-life story and then takes an abrupt plunge into a pit of moral ambiguity. It stars award-winning actors Yuya Yagira (Nobody Knows) and Masaki Suda (The Light Shines Only There, Princess Jellyfish) in one of their best performances in Japanese cinema this year.
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The Story Of Yonosuke is Okita Shuichi's follow up to The Woodsman and the Rain is one of the biggest hits this year at International film festivals; its touching characters and story make it easy to understand why. Yonosuke takes pleasure in life's simplest things and his positivity touches and alters everyone around him from his college friends to his work colleagues in later life. Through the recounting of the friends experiences of Yonosuke we start to build-up his story his character piecing everything together about him and where he is today. Without a doubt a 'dream-team' of creative talent in director Okita Shuichi author Yoshida Shuichi (Villain) screen-writer Maeda Shiro (Isn't Anyone Alive?) and rising star Kora Kengo (Fish Story) coming together to make a film which you'll love more and more with each watch.
The Story Of Yonosuke is Okita Shuichi's follow up to The Woodsman and the Rain is one of the biggest hits this year at International film festivals; its touching characters and story make it easy to understand why. Yonosuke takes pleasure in life's simplest things and his positivity touches and alters everyone around him from his college friends to his work colleagues in later life. Through the recounting of the friends experiences of Yonosuke we start to build-up his story his character piecing everything together about him and where he is today. Without a doubt a 'dream-team' of creative talent in director Okita Shuichi author Yoshida Shuichi (Villain) screen-writer Maeda Shiro (Isn't Anyone Alive?) and rising star Kora Kengo (Fish Story) coming together to make a film which you'll love more and more with each watch.
Taira, an unnervingly quiet delinquent teen, mysteriously leaves town right before the coming of age festival. His disappearance doesn t worry anyone except for younger brother Shota, his only remaining family, who sets off to look for him amidst the faded downtown neon lights. Taira aimlessly wanders through a nearby city, provoking fights with random bystanders. His violent streak intrigues high schooler Yuya who rallies him to beat up more people. As the night progresses, street-side scuffles soon turn into a sinister game, becoming even more mindless and indiscriminate. The two leave behind a trail of blood and mass confusion. Indie director Tetsuya Mariko brings us a deceptive piece of cinema which begins like a slice-of-life story and then takes an abrupt plunge into a pit of moral ambiguity. It stars award-winning actors Yuya Yagira (Nobody Knows) and Masaki Suda (The Light Shines Only There, Princess Jellyfish) in one of their best performances in Japanese cinema this year.
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