Completed - JAPANESE - Drama - 116 minutes
Going the Distance is about family. It demonstrates the story of three characters – Asahi, Kaori and Hiroto.Asahi grew up in orphanage without family. Kaori is desperate to start family with Asahi. Hiroto grew up with Asahi and now has family. It’s time to think what ‘family’ means to us.
Year of production : 2016 Director(s) : Yujiro HARUMOTO Writer(s) : Yujiro HARUMOTO Cast : Shinichiro MATSUURA, Masahiro UMEDA, Yumi ENDO, Nobu MORIMOTO Producer(s) : Yujiro HARUMOTO
Asahi comes from the Goto Islands and works as a boxing coach for a sports club in Tokyo. He is about to marry Kaori, both are saving for the wedding. Asahi invites his childhood friend Hiroto to Tokyo and helps him to find a job through one of his clients. Everything seems fine, however a few months later Hiroto confides to Asahi he has been ripped off. Asahi feels guilty of having dragged him into this mess and wants to postpone his wedding. He gives his savings to his friend, with whom he grew up in an orphanage and who is like a brother. Kaori really bears him a grudge. She does not wish to postpone the wedding because she wants her ailing grand-mother to attend it. Will Asahi put his friend an advantage over his wife-to-be? “Asahi, Kaori and Hiroto looked after their “family” in their own way and took decisions leading to conflicts. None of them was wrong. They all reacted with honesty. Their story should make us define what a family is. Family is… ”
Country(ies) : JAPAN
Tokyo International Film Festival 2016 (Japanese Cinema Splash)Nippon Connection 2017Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema 2017