Good for Nothing
6.5
Set in snow-covered Hokkaido, each moment of three high school boy's life is captured in rough monochrome. Three high school boys on the verge of graduating from high school start working at a security guard company owned by an older student in their hometown. In an attempt to get away from the frantic pace of life, they learn how to drive a car in order to be useful in their work, but...
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Cast
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Takaya Shibata
Tetsuo
Known for
Small, Slow But Steady
Hideki Tamai
Iwama
Also in
Yellow Kid
I Am a Weapon
Tomoaki Sandan
Tani
Known for
Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead 2
Kazuyo Katagata
Kyoko
Goichi Kushino
Itami
No other roles listed
Tomomitsu Adachi
Jiro
Known for
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
Cloud
Toshio Minami
Eiji
Sho Miyake Director · Makoto Kubota Production designer
First release March 2, 2012 · Produced in Japan · Original title やくたたず
Production
Pigdom
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Japan
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Original title
やくたたず
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · March 2, 2012
Premiere · CO2 Film Exhibition in Osaka
Japan · November 24, 2012
Limited theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
South Korea
January 14, 2026 · Theatrical
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