Kazuyuki IZUTSU 井筒和幸
Hero Show
Nippon Cinema ª
Junpei GOTO and Shusuke FUKUTOKU, famous in Japan as stand-up comedy group JARU JARU, present the two main characters of Kazuyuki IZUTSU’s new film. HERO SHOW bizzarely confronts two young men both named Yuki in a brutal rivalry between youth gangs and outstandingly intertwines a moving social drama with unexpected glimpses of black humor and even slapstick.
Sat., April 30, 2011, 19:30
Studierendenhaus
European premiere
35mm, Original with English subtitles
Japan 2010
143 minutes
Director
Kazuyuki IZUTSU
Script
Kazuyuki IZUTSU, Daisuke HABARA, Yasuhiro YOSHIDA
Music
Koichi FUJINO
Production
KADOKAWA
World sales
KADOKAWA
Cast
Junpei GOTO, Shusuke FUKUTOKU, Chisun, Kosuke YONEHARA, Ryosuke SAKURAGI
About Kazuyuki IZUTSU
井筒和幸
Kazuyuki IZUTSU, born in Nara in 1952, began in the pink film field in 1970 after numerous 8mm films and directed his first feature film in this genre in 1975. In 1981, the Directors Guild of Japan honored him for EMPIRE OF KIDS, and several major successes followed. In 2006, his film BREAK THROUGH! was nominated for the Japanese Academy Awards. IZUTSU is known for his provocative statements in TV shows.