The Story of Yonosuke explained

A Story of Yonosuke
Director:Shūichi Okita
Producer:Toshikazu Nishigaya
Screenplay:Shirō Maeda
Starring:Kengo Kora
Yuriko Yoshitaka
Sōsuke Ikematsu
Ayumi Itō
Gō Ayano
Cinematography:Ryūto Kondō
Distributor:Showgate Inc.
Runtime:160 minutes
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese

is a 2013 Japanese film directed by Shūichi Okita.[1] [2] The theme song is called and is performed by Asian Kung-Fu Generation.[3]

The film was shown at the 13th Japanese Film Festival Nippon Connection in June 2013.[4] It premiered in America on July 13, 2013 at the New York Asian Film Festival[5] [6] and has also made an appearance at the San Diego Asian Film Festival[7] and the Japanese Film Festival in Australia.[8]

Plot

The story is set in Tokyo in 1987 where Yonosuke Yokomichi has arrived from Nagasaki to study Business Administration at Hosei University. Relative to the other students his suit is crumpled and his hair is uncombed.

He meets Kuramochi, another unconventional student at the introductory meeting, and meets the pretty Yui Akutsu at the formal registration and they agree to explore together rather than be alone.

He encounters Chiharu, a would-be actress in a cafe, and she uses him to extort a car from a businessman. He tells this story to a new friend, Kato, who asks him to join on a double date. His date, Shoko Yosano, the daughter of a rich businessman, arrives in a chauffeur-driven car. They go to a cheap burger cafe but are forced to sit as two pairs. Shoko likes him and tracks him down to ask him to the pool where she introduces him to her half-brother, Katsuhiko, and his rich friends. Here he re-encounters the actress.

Shoko comes to visit him at his parents' house in a coastal village. The next day they go to the beach with friends. While they are having a potentially romantic solitary rendezvous on the beach during the night, their first kiss is disturbed by the arrival of a group of Vietnamese boat people on the beach, and during the confusion a baby is passed to them.

Cast

Reception

It was chosen as the 3rd best film at the 23rd Japan Film Professional Awards[9] and as the 8th best Japanese film of the year by film magazine Eiga Geijutsu.[10]

AwardDateCategoryRecipients and
nominees
Result
Mainichi Film Award[11] January 2014Best Supporting Actress
Best Sound RecordingMasato Yano
Blue Ribbon Awards[12] 11 February 2014Best PictureA Story of Yonosuke
Best ActorKengo Kora
Japan Film Professional AwardsJune 2014Best DirectorShuichi Okita
Best ActorKengo Kora

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kora Kengo & Yoshitaka Yuriko attend the film premiere for 'Yokomichi Yonosuke' . Shiso . 2013-02-08 . 2013-02-09 . tokyohive . 6Theory Media, LLC..
  2. Web site: http://eiga.com/movie/57830/ . ja:横道世之介 . 2013-02-09 . eiga.com . Japanese.
  3. Web site: "アジカン、映画「横道世之介」主題歌"今を生きて"を2月にシングル・リリース" . Tower Records Japan . 2012-12-07 . 2013-11-29.
  4. Web site: Nippon Connection reconnects . Stephen Cremin . 24 February 2013 . 27 June 2014 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140924091513/http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/nippon-connection-reconnects . 24 September 2014.
  5. Web site: A Story of Yonosuke . Japan Society . 2013-11-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203034829/http://japansociety.org/event/a-story-of-yonosuke . 2013-12-03.
  6. Web site: Schedule . New York Asian Film Festival . . 2024-07-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130705014931/http://subwaycinema.com/nyaff13/schedule/ . 5 July 2013 . dead.
  7. Web site: A Story of Yonosuke . San Diego Asian Film Festival 2013 . 2024-07-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203050951/https://festival.sdaff.org/2013/films/story-of-yonosuke/ . December 3, 2013 . dead.
  8. Web site: A Story of Yonosuke (横道世之介) . 2013-11-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203002240/http://japanesefilmfestival.net/jff_movie/a-story-of-yonosuke/ . 2013-12-03.
  9. Web site: Bozo tops Japan Film Professional Awards . Kevin Ma . 21 April 2014 . 27 June 2014 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140511174705/http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/bozo-tops-japan-film-professional-awards . 11 May 2014.
  10. Web site: Eiga Geijutsu names Pecoross best film . Kevin Ma . 18 January 2014 . 27 June 2014 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140619040307/http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/eiga-geijutsu-names-pecoross-best-film . 19 June 2014.
  11. Web site: Great Passage, Pecoross top Mainichi Award . Kevin Ma . 21 January 2014 . 27 June 2014 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140803025017/http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/great-passage-pecoross-top-mainichi-award . 3 August 2014.
  12. Web site: Yonosuke tops Blue Ribbon Awards . Kevin Ma . 23 January 2014 . 27 June 2014 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140803023739/http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/yonosuke-tops-blue-ribbon-awards . 3 August 2014.