Breakthrough for Change
7.2
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…
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Daisuke Matsuda Director · Tetsuro Imai Cinematographer Tomoaki Kotomi Editor
First release February 7, 2015 · Produced in Japan · Original title あらうんど四万十〜カールニカーラン〜
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Studio Wave
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Japan
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Original title
あらうんど四万十〜カールニカーラン〜
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · February 7, 2015
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Mexico
August 30, 2016 · Theatrical · 1er Matsuri de Cine Japonés film festival
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