Nobuhiro YAMASHITA 山下敦弘
The Drudgery Train
苦役列車
Nippon Cinema ª
Kanta is 19 years old, he dropped out of school and has a boring, tiresome job. His rather dull life seems to take a positive turn after he becomes friends with his colleague Shoji and student Yasuko. But Kanta is not made for keeping with social conventions, so new problems arise. In the latest film by NIPPON CONNECTION veteran Nobuhiro YAMASHITA, leading actor Mirai MORIYAMA delivers an impressive interpretation of the irritating but loveable misfit.
苦役列車
Kueki ressha
Japan 2012
113 minutes
Production
"Kueki Ressha" Film Partners
World sales
Bitters End
Cast
Mirai MORIYAMA, Kengo KORA, Atsuko MAEDA, Tomorowo TAGUCHI
About Nobuhiro YAMASHITA
山下敦弘
Nobuhiro YAMASHITA, born in Aichi Prefecture in 1976, studied at Osaka University of Arts and started his career at Planet Studyo +1 in Osaka. His feature film debut HAZY LIFE (1999) was an international success and was screened in 2000 at the first Nippon Connection Film Festival. He had his commercial breakthrough with the comedy LINDA LINDA LINDA (2005 / NC ’08). Establishing his distinctive style with his subsequent works, including A GENTLE BREEZE IN THE VILLAGE (2007 / NC ’07), TAMAKO IN MORATORIUM (2013 / NC ’14), and OVER THE FENCE (2016 / NC ’17), YAMASHITA has become one of the major protagonists of the Japanese film industry.