Movie: The Kirishima Thing (English title)
Romaji: Kirishima, Bukatsu Yamerutteyo
Japanese: 桐島、部活やめるってよ
Director: Daihachi Yoshida
Writer: Ryo Asai (novel), Kohei Kiyasu, Daihachi Yoshida
Producer: Naoki Suganuma, Masahiko Ibaraki, Ken Hironaka, Fumihiro Hirai, Hiroyasu Asami, Tatsuro Hatanaka, Shinya Wasaki), Kazuhisa Kitajima, Takahiro Sato, Seiji Okuda, Hiroshi Miyazaki
Cinematographer: Ryuto Kondoh
Release Date: August 11, 2012
Runtime: 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Teen / School / Best Film-Movie of the Year
Production Company: NTV, Showgate
Distributor: Showgate
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Plot
"Kirishima, Bukatsu Yamerutteyo" tells the story of two high school students who crosses social boundaries between the elite and lower class at their school. Ryoya Maeda, from the lower class, is a member of the film club, while Hiroki Kikuchi, from the elite class, is a non-participating member of the high school baseball team.
Notes
Movie is based on the novel "Kirishima, Bukatsu Yamerutteyo" by Ryo Asai (first published February, 2010).
Ryo Asai's original novel "Kirishima, Bukatsu Yamerutteyo" is an omnibus story telling the stories of numerous characters. The movie "Kirishima, Bukatsu Yamerutteyo" focuses on two characters from the novel Ryoya Maeda & Hiroki Kikuchi.
Filming takes place in Kochi City, Japan.
Cast
Ryunosuke Kamiki as Ryoya Maeda
Ai Hashimoto as Kasumi Higashihara
Suzuka Ohgo as Aya Sawashima
Masahiro Higashide as Hiroki Kikuchi
Kurumi Shimizu as Mika Miyabe
Mizuki Yamamoto as Risa
Mayu Matsuoka as Sana
Motoki Ochiai as Ryuta
Koudai Asaka as Tomohiro
Tomoya Maeno as Takefumi
Nobuyuki Suzuki as Kubo
Takemi Fujii as Shiori
Taiga as Fuusuke
Additional Cast Members:
Shuhei Takahashi - captain
Isao Enomoto - Hino
Hideto Iwai - Katayama
Tomofumi Okumura - boy on rooftop