Gachi Boy
Sato Ryuta Saeko Mukai Osamu Izumiya Shigeru
Sato Ryuta Saeko Mukai Osamu Izumiya Shigeru
No sophomore slump for young director Koizumi Norihiro as he follows the success of Song to the Sun with the hilarious and heartwarming Gachi Boy. Based on Horai Ryuta's popular play, Gachi Boy strikes a winning combination of feel-good comedy, touching drama, and intense pro-wrestling action. A popular supporting player from hits like Tokyo Friends and Kisarazu Cat's Eye, Sato Ryuta scores his biggest role to date in Gachi Boy as an aspiring wrestler with no memory. What the brain can't remember, the body does in every ache and bruise, and the film drives the point across with body-flipping, bone-crunching wrestling matches that are both entertainingly showboat and painfully convincing. Taking the hits and the headlocks in grinning stride, Sato delivers an exuberant and affecting performance alongside young up-and-coming actors like Mukai Osamu (Honey and Clover), Saeko (Like a Dragon), and Naka Riisa (Island Times).
College pro-wrestling is not much more than flashy costumes and staged matches, but law student Igarashi (Sato Ryuta) is eager to join the sorry university team. A scrawny and awkward fellow who's always scribbling notes and snapping photos, Igarashi has plenty of heart, but he's slow on the uptake. Nevertheless, he soon makes his ring debut in lizard-masked glory as Gachi Boy. During his first "match", he forgets the choreographed moves and clumsily improvises instead, a big safety no-no in college pro-wrestling. But Igarashi's dogged fighting spirit turns him into an unexpected crowd hit, enough so that the college association comes knocking. Finally, the team has a chance to join the league and prove their worth, and everything is riding on the slow-learning Igarashi. What the team doesn't know, however, is that Igarashi actually suffers from short-term memory loss. Everyday when he wakes up, he has no recollection of the day before. ~froma yesasia~
College pro-wrestling is not much more than flashy costumes and staged matches, but law student Igarashi (Sato Ryuta) is eager to join the sorry university team. A scrawny and awkward fellow who's always scribbling notes and snapping photos, Igarashi has plenty of heart, but he's slow on the uptake. Nevertheless, he soon makes his ring debut in lizard-masked glory as Gachi Boy. During his first "match", he forgets the choreographed moves and clumsily improvises instead, a big safety no-no in college pro-wrestling. But Igarashi's dogged fighting spirit turns him into an unexpected crowd hit, enough so that the college association comes knocking. Finally, the team has a chance to join the league and prove their worth, and everything is riding on the slow-learning Igarashi. What the team doesn't know, however, is that Igarashi actually suffers from short-term memory loss. Everyday when he wakes up, he has no recollection of the day before. ~froma yesasia~
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