Furai, dadi, furai (2005)

Director:

Izuru Narushima

Writers:

Kazuki Kaneshiro (novel)
Kazuki Kaneshiro (screenplay)

Release Date:

9 July 2005 (Japan)

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Mire Aika	...	Yuko Suzuki
Munetaka Aoki	...	Kayano
Kazuyuki Asano	...	Yamamura
Goshin Hirose	...	Itayoshi
Nanase Hoshii	...	Haruka Suzuki
Hiroshi Kanbe	...	Ishizaki
Shôji Kôkami		(as Shôji Kôkami)
Toshinobu Matsuo	...	Minakata
Moro Morooka	...	Abe
Yôichi Nukumizu	...	Mochizuki
Junichi Okada	...	Soon-Shin Park (as Jun'ichi Okada)
Hiroshi Ôkôchi	...	Koguma
Makoto Sakamoto	...	Yamashita
Asuka Shibuya	...	Naoko Miura
Sansei Shiomi	...	Shogo Hirasawa
Genki Sudo	...	Yusuke Ishihara
Hiromasa Taguchi	...	Takahashi
Yu Tokui	...	Goto (as Yû Tokui)
Shin'ichi Tsutsumi	...	Hajime Suzuki

Also Known As:

Fly, Daddy, Fly (International: English title)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Company:

Furai, dadi, furai Seisaku Iinkai

Movie Connections:

Remade as Peullai, daedi (2006)

I for one am eagerly awaiting a North American release!

Hajime Suzuki (Shinichi Tsutsumi) spends little time with the family that he struggles to provide with a comfortable lifestyle; especially his teenage daughter Haruka (Nanase Hoshii), who is his pride and joy. When Haruka is brutalized and besmirched by her classmate Yusuke Ishihara (Genki Sudo) and hospitalized, Hajime defends her honor by confronting Yusuke and taking him up on the challenge of a fight. Word of the challenge gets around and Hajime eventually finds himself in the company of a colorful assortment of ochikobore (outcasts) endeared to his cause. Among them is Korean-Japanese Soon-Shin Park (Junichi Okada), who trains Hajime for the eventual confrontation.

Fly, Daddy, Fly plays out like your usual Japanese High School drama, but with a middle-aged salary man comprising the uncharacteristic role of protagonist. The movie touches upon many social issues faced by contemporary nuclear families in Japan today, such as the growing bridge between parents and children in a high-stress society of white collar work and pressurized exit exams. Hajime finds that his experiences have not only made him a stronger man (mentally and physically) by the end of the film, but also a better father.

Among the cast...

Award-winning Shinichi Tsutsumi of such fame as "Good Luck!!" Mixed Martial Artist Genki Sudo of K-1 Hero's Johnny's star Junichi Okada of J-Pop band V6 Main theme by the popular J-Rock band Mr. Children

- Rachel Breguglio