In the 1980s, 19-year-old Kanto Kitamachi (played by Mirai Moriyama), who had a gloomy childhood, led a decadent and hopeless life. He dropped out of [Expand All]
In the 1980s, 19-year-old Kanto Kitamachi (played by Mirai Moriyama), who had a gloomy childhood, led a decadent and hopeless life. He dropped out of school at an early age, ran away from home, had a bad temper, was self-abased and shameless, told all kinds of lies and defaulted on the rent. All the money he earned through hard work was wasted in a bad place. Reading was probably his only hobby. In the factory, he became good friends with the handsome and intelligent new recruit, Masaji Hattori (played by Kenji Takahashi). Although their backgrounds were completely different, the self-enclosed Kanzaki felt a bit more of the beauty of friendship. With the support of Masaji, Kanto also mustered up the courage to ask for a relationship with the bookstore girl he had always admired, Sakurai Yasuko (played by Atsuko Maeda). Three young men and women crossed the barrier and played and laughed heartily. Under the gloomy sky, the fleeting youth is beautiful... This film is adapted from the autobiographical novel by Kenta Nishimura and was ranked fifth among the top ten films of Kinema Junpo in 2012.[Collapse]
