[FILM]Kueki Ressha (苦役列車) / The Drudgery Train (2012) [Maeda Atsuko]

 

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Movie: The Drudgery Train (English title)

Romaji: Kueki Ressha

Japanese: 苦役列車

Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita

Writer: Kenta Nishimura (novel), Shinji Imaoka

Producer: Junichi Kozuki, Naoya Kinoshita, Hirohumi Shigemura, Kunihiko Kodama, Yuji Sadai

Cinematographer: Yoshihiro Ikeuchi

Release Date: July 14, 2012

Runtime: 114 min.

Genre: Drama / Youth

Distributor: Toei

Language: Japanese

Country: Japan

Plot

Kitamichi (Mirai Moriyama) is a 19-year-old labor worker who only went far as middle school. He's now hooked on alcohol while playing around. Kitamichi develops feelings for Yasuko (Atsuko Maeda), who works in a used used bookstore, but he has never had a girlfriend or, currently, any friends. Kitamichi also meets Kusakabe (Kengo Kora) who he becomes friends with. Jealousy soon threatens their friendship.

Notes

Based on the Akutagawa Prize-winning novel "Kueki Ressha" (published January 26, 2011) by Kenta Nishimura.

Female character Yasuko was created in the movie adaptation and does not exist in the original novel.

Filming began November 25, 2011

Cast

Mirai Moriyama

Kengo Kora

Atsuko Maeda 

Makitasupotsu

Tomorowo Taguchi

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