Haru ni Chiru Standard Edition

[Machine Translation] Nonfiction writer/novelist: Kotaro Sawaki ("The Traveler of Heaven Road" and "Midnight Express"), film director: Takahisa Zeze ("From Lageri with Love" and "Ito"), two generations of top actors: Koichi Sato and Ryusei Yokohama. The most exciting drama in the history of Japanese cinema was born, showing us the truth of "living in the moment" as we are taught that the future can never be predicted. It doesn't matter how you live. I don't care how I die. The only thing that matters is "now. --Former boxer Jinichi Hirooka (Koichi Sato) returns to his hometown for the first time in 40 years. He had started a successful business in the U.S. where he had decided to retire, but he suddenly returned to Japan with an incomplete heart. Hirooka visits his former gym and greets Reiko ( Yamaguchi Tomoko ), who was once in love with him and has now succeeded his late father as president, and then goes to meet two friends who have now fallen on hard times. Shogo Kuroki ( Ryusei Yokohama ), who once quit boxing because he was angry at losing an unfair decision, appears in front of Hirooka and begs for Hirooka's guidance. Hirooka's niece Kanako ( Kanna Hashimoto ) joins him and a strange life together begins. Hirooka's passion to make Shogo a champion eventually involves not only Shogo but also the people around him who had once given up on their dreams. What will become of the new life that each one of them started risking their lives for?

Special Feature / Bonus Track: bonus video footage

ノンフィクション作家・小説家: 沢木耕太郎「天路の旅人」「深夜特急」、映画監督: 瀬々敬久『ラーゲリより愛を込めて』『糸』、2世代のトップ俳優: 佐藤浩市×横浜流星。未来は決して予測できないことを心に刻まれた私たちに、「今この瞬間を生き切る」ことの真実を見せてくれる、日本映画史上最も胸熱なドラマが誕生! どう生きるかなんて、どうでもいい。どう死ぬかなんて、知ったことか。あるのは「今」だけ。 ――40年ぶりに故郷の地を踏んだ、元ボクサーの広岡仁一 (佐藤浩市)。引退を決めたアメリカで事業を興し成功を収めたが、不完全燃焼の心を抱えて突然帰国したのだ。かつて所属したジムを訪れ、かつて広岡に恋心を抱き、今は亡き父から会長の座を継いだ令子 (山口智子)に挨拶した広岡は、今はすっかり落ちぶれたという二人の仲間に会いに行く。そんな広岡の前に不公平な判定負けに怒り、一度はボクシングをやめた黒木翔吾 (横浜流星)が現れ、広岡の指導を受けたいと懇願する。そこへ広岡の姪の佳菜子 (橋本環奈)も加わり不思議な共同生活が始まった。やがて翔吾をチャンピオンにするという広岡の情熱は、翔吾はもちろん一度は夢を諦めた周りの人々を巻き込んでいく。果たして、それぞれが命をかけて始めた新たな人生の行方は――?

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