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Hard Romanticker (2011)

Movie ★ 6.0 108 min

Drama

Writer-director Gu Su-yeon's new film draws on his own semiautobiographical account of growing up as a delinquent zainichi Korean (Japanese-born, but of Korean ancestry) in the seaside city of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, a working-class hellhole overflowing with sex and fury. Day after day, (fictional) Gu finds fresh foes and makes the local hoodlums want to kick his ass. While working multiple dead-end part-time jobs, he cruises around town on his scooter in search of gangland trouble: leaping across rooftops with irate hordes of punks in hot pursuit, running off with a fetching belle in a sailor suit, rescuing a schoolgirl from being gang-raped at a glue-sniffing orgy…

Su-yeon Gu Director

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Quick facts

Released
November 12, 2011
Runtime
108 min
Rating
PG-13
IMDb
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Cast

Shota Matsuda Shota Matsuda Goo Kento Nagayama Kento Nagayama Tatsu Tokio Emoto Tokio Emoto Masaru Kaname Endo Kaname Endo Pak Gota Watabe Gota Watabe Naoki Kawano Naoki Kawano Kaneko Nobuaki Kaneko Nobuaki Kaneko Motoki Ochiai Motoki Ochiai Yuya Endo Yuya Endo Kim Jyonmyon Pe Jyonmyon Pe Yuma Ishigaki Yuma Ishigaki Keiko Awaji Keiko Awaji Hakuryu Hakuryu Claude Maki Claude Maki Dai Watanabe Dai Watanabe Ayaka Tomoda Ayaka Tomoda Riri Kuribayashi Riri Kuribayashi Yuriko Ono Yuriko Ono

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Frequently asked questions

What is Hard Romanticker about?
Writer-director Gu Su-yeon's new film draws on his own semiautobiographical account of growing up as a delinquent zainichi Korean (Japanese-born, but of Korean ancestry) in the seaside city of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, a working-class hellhole overflowing with sex and fury. Day after day, (fictional) Gu finds fresh foes and makes the local hoodlums want to kick his ass. While working multiple dead-end part-time jobs, he cruises around town on his scooter in search of gangland trouble: leaping across rooftops with irate hordes of punks in hot pursuit, running off with a fetching belle in a sailor suit, rescuing a schoolgirl from being gang-raped at a glue-sniffing orgy…
Who directed Hard Romanticker?
Hard Romanticker was directed by Su-yeon Gu.
Who stars in Hard Romanticker?
Hard Romanticker stars Shota Matsuda, Kento Nagayama, Tokio Emoto, Kaname Endo.
When was Hard Romanticker released?
Hard Romanticker is a 2011 drama film.
Where can I watch Hard Romanticker?
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