A Story of Yonosuke (Yokomichi Yonosuke)
Saturday, July 13 at 12:30 pm
**North American Premiere, Co-presented with NYAFF
Japan, 2012, 160 min. BD, in Japanese with English subtitles. Directed by Shuichi Okita. With Kengo Kora, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Sosuke Ikematsu, Ayumi Ito, Gou Ayano.
Yonosuke arrives at university in the late 1980s when Japan is booming and the economy is raining cash. Naive and hopelessly self-confident, he comes to the big city, annoying and charming everyone in equal measure, but his good nature brings him romance and a loyal group of friends. The next 20 years finds him following the winding road of contemporary Japanese history, filled with twists and turns. The heartfelt song of an unheroic hero echoes throughout.