Hokushin Naname ni Sasu Tokoro

[Machine Translation] Winner of the 49th Mainichi Art Award, Rentaro Mikuni's latest film starring his best efforts! Seijiro Kamiyama, the master of "A Drop in the Great River", depicts the lives of high school students under the old high school system. In Japan, there used to be an educational institution called the "old high school" that was born in the Meiji era. Master filmmaker Seijiro Kamiyama has created a robust ensemble drama that alternately depicts the past and the present of the schoolmates who studied there. The leading role of Katsuya Ueda is played by Rentaro Mikuni, who himself served in China. The total number of soldiers in his unit was more than 1,000, but only a few dozen returned from the front and were able to step on the soil of their homeland again. The actor, now one of Japan's leading actors in both name and reality, gives a passionate performance, expressing his deep feelings for his deceased friend. What is the history that Japanese people must look back on now? This much-talked-about film, which asks what we should learn from history, has been long-awaited and is now available on DVD! In addition to Rentaro Mikuni in the lead role, Naoto Ogata plays the famous man from the Zoshikan of the former 7th High School (now Kagoshima University). Ryuzo Hayashi and his son Seisei Hayashi co-star for the first time as father and son. The film also features many veterans of the Japanese film industry, including Kazuo Kitamura, who sadly passed away, as well as Jiro Sakaue, Shigeru Kamiyama, and Sumie Sasaki. Katsuya Ueda (Rentaro Mikuni) studied at the former Seventh High School Zoshikan as a baseball ace in his youth. 60-odd years later, the baseball team at Seventh High is to hold a commemorative game to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its founding, but Katsuya refuses to attend, despite everyone's efforts to persuade him otherwise. While at the school, Katsumiya should have enjoyed his youth with Shogo Kusano (Naoto Ogata), a wild senior, but his attitude of not visiting Kagoshima or his hometown of Kumamoto is not acceptable to his fellow alumni. What on earth happened to him? The events that took place on the southern front during the war had left a big scar....

Special Feature / Bonus Track: theatrical trailer, making-of footage, history of old-style high schools, and more (subject to change)

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第49回毎日芸術賞・特別賞受賞 三國連太郎、渾身の主演最新作! 『大河の一滴』の名匠、神山征二郎が旧制高校生たちの半生を描く。 かつて日本には、明治時代に生まれた旧制高等学校という教育機関があった。そこで学んだ学友たちの在りし日と現在の姿を交互に描き、骨太な群像ドラマを創りだしたのは、名匠・神山征二郎。さらに、主役である上田勝弥を演じるのは、自身も中国への出征経験を持つ三國連太郎。彼が所属した部隊の総数は千数百人だったが、前線から戻り再び祖国の土を踏めたのは数十人だったという。いまや名実ともに日本を代表する名優が、亡き友への深い思いを込めて熱演! いま日本人が振りかえらなければならない歴史とは何か。そこから、何を学ぶべきなのかを問いかける話題作、待望のDVD化! 主演の三國連太郎のほか、旧制第七高等学校造士館 (現・鹿児島大学)の名物男に緒形直人。また、林隆三とその息子・林征生が親子役で初共演。そして、惜しくも逝去した名優・北村和夫はじめ、坂上二郎、神山繁、佐々木すみ江など日本映画界を支えてきたベテランが数多く出演、脇を固める実力派の新人・中堅俳優たちとの競演も見所。 上田勝弥 (三國連太郎)は青春時代、旧制第七高等学校造士館に学び、野球部のエースとして活躍した。60余年の歳月を経て、その七高野球部が、創部百年の記念試合をすることになるが、勝弥は誰の説得にも応じず出席を拒む。在学中は破天荒な先輩、草野正吾 (緒形直人)と出会い青春を謳歌していたはずなのだが、鹿児島にも、生まれ故郷の熊本にも足をむけない勝弥の態度に、同窓生たちも納得ができずにいた。いったい彼に何があったのか? そこには戦時中、南方戦線で起こった出来事が大きな傷跡を残していたのだった・・・。

劇場予告編、メイキング、旧制高校の歴史、協力者一覧 (以上予定)