Part of the 2016 season: Ikiru

I'll Give it My All...Tomorrow

Director Yuichi Fukuda

Cast Shinichi Tsutsumi, Ai Hashimoto, Renji Ishibashi, Katsuhisa Namase

2013, 105 min, English subtitles

俺はまだ本気出してないだけ (Ore wa mada honki dashitenai dake)

Fed-up forty-something Shizuo (Shinichi Tsutsumi) quits his secure job to become a full-time slacker, embarking on a reluctant pursuit to follow his true dreams. Despite now spending most of his time hanging around the house in his underwear playing video games and working part-time at a fast-food restaurant, Shizuo eventually comes to realise his true passion in life: Manga! Without much preparation or any skill, Shizuo starts working on his masterpiece…

Adapted from Shunju Aono’s popular manga series, this comedy by Yuichi Fukuda (the director behind HK: Forbidden Super Hero) follows the mid-life crisis of a loveable lazybones trying to find his calling. It will no doubt delight many aspiring manga writers of all stages of their lives!

子持ちでバツイチの主人公は、「自分探し」を理由として42歳で突如それまで勤めていた仕事を退職。漫画家になることを決意する。しかし、持ち込み原稿はことごとくボツにされ、食いつなぐためにバイト店員として働き始めたファストフード店でもミスの連続。同居する父親に怒鳴られ、娘から借金するまでになり、ついには家出してしまう。徹底的に駄目な男性を堤真一が好演。

監督: 福田雄一
出演: 堤真一、橋本愛、生瀬勝久

Distributor: Shochiku

Image: © 2013 “I’ll Give It My All… Tomorrow” Film Partners

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