Thursday, July 10, 2014

[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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