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RIDING UPHILL (GACHI BOSHI)
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Completed - JAPANESE - Drama, Action/Adventure, First film - 105 minutes

Log Line

Life is an uphill road to run furiously.

Previous markets

  • FILMART 2018 (Premiere)
  • Cannes 2018 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2017

Director(s) : Kan EGUCHI
Cast : Kenichi ABE, Shodai FUKUYAMA, Mari HAYASHIDA, Hanamaru HAKATA, Morooka MORO

Synopsis

Koji Hamajima is a 42 years old man, training at Shuzenji bicycle race school to be an official racer. Surrounded by 20-something young boys or even teenagers, Koji struggles to keep up with the level on everyday training. Eight years ago Koji was a professional baseball player of Fukuoka Softbank Hawks. However he was designated for assignment, which lead a sloppy life. Being frustrated by betraying his best friend, betraying his family Koji left his wife and son, and went back to his hometown alone. However a long-familiar face from local ramen shop encouraged him to become a bicycle racer…

Production

Country(ies) : JAPAN

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