Movie

Breakthrough for Change

Name: Breakthrough for Change
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 2015-02-07
Cast: Yûsei Nishimura, Makoto Araki, Hiroshi Nose, Daichan, Yasue Satô

Original title: あらうんど四万十〜カールニカーラン〜

2015 1h 52m

Drama Comedy

Plot

Akira, Takeshi, Yasu, and Shun are a gang of four close friends, all of whom were core members of their high-school ekiden team. Although they were stars back in those days, having slacked up their efforts subsequently, their daily life is lackluster now that the age of forty is just around the corner. They talk at a favorite local tavern just like they used to after Akira comes home giving up his dream to become an actor. Thinking back, they have never accomplished anything but ekiden, and they have unknowingly acquired a tendency to run away from problems in life in general. The phrase they cannot help muttering to themselves is how brilliant they were in those days… Feeling dispirited, they think of participating in the Shimanto Dragon Ride. A challenge for the four men in their late thirties begins…

Director: Daisuke Matsuda
Written by: Daisuke Matsuda
Production: Japan
Release date: 2015-02-07