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SHAKARIKI! (2008)

Original Title: SHAKARIKI!
English Title: SHAKARIKI!
Genre: Drama
Format: 35mm / 106 min / Color
Year of Production: 2008
Release Date (Japan): September 13, 2008
Production Company: TV ASAHI / Watanabe Entertainment /Hakuhodo DY Media Partners / SHOGAKUKAN / Eisei Gekijyo / Nihon Shuppan Hanbai / TV Asahi Service / Showgate, Inc.
Director: Shinsuke Ono
Producers: Toshiyuki Matsui / Sei Matsumoto / Rei Tamura / Morio Amagi / Mieko Azuma
Screenplay: Kentaro Ushio / Munenori Mizuno
Director of Photography: Gen Kobayashi
Music: Takeshi Hanzawa
Main Cast: Yuya Endo / Yuichi Nakamura / Hiroki Suzuki

Synopsis

Teru (Yuya Endo) has been brought up in a hill town and spent his childhood conquering the slopes on his bicycle. Being a cycling fanatic, who resents defeat, he joins Kamegaoka High School, which used to boast a powerful cycling club. There he meets Hatomura (Yuichi Nakamura), an ace of the club who wants to turn around the club which has deteriorated to the point of dissolution, and Yuta (Hiroki Suzuki), an aloof cycling genius with unshaken confidence in his speed who does not allow others to follow him. Meeting a rival that is faster than him for the first time, Teru joins the club in order to challenge them. His only interest, however, is his own cycling speed. Joining the club teaches Teru the importance of teamwork to support the lead cyclist and to place priority on the victory of the team.

About the Director

Shinsuke Ono was born in Saga prefecture, Japan in 1970 and graduated from Saga Kita High School in 1988. He moved to Tokyo after that and became involved in films attending a fashion design specialist college. Working as an assistant director from the age of 19, Shinsuke was influenced by directors such as Shohei Imamura, Shinji Somai and Takeshi Akira, all of whom value freewheeling thinking and creativity on location. He recently participated in a number of Isao Yukisada films, where he has worked as an assistant director.

Sales Company

Showgate, Inc.
Contact: Fumiki Yamazaki (Manager)
Email: yamazaki@showgate.jp
Phone: +81-3-5524-1863
www.showgate.jp

About the Sales Company

Showgate Inc. is a 100% subsidiary of Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Inc. Our main business is film distribution, production and acquisition. Showgate has handled a wide variety of films, such as“ROBO?ROCK (2007)”, “My Sister, My Love (2007)”, and “Tokyo Zombie (2006)”. More recent works include Tetsuya Nakajima’s latest film, “PACO and the Magical Book”, which combines full 3D CG characters with live action, and “SHAKARIKI!”, a youthful movie with a cycling road race theme.

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