Sakigake!! Otokojuku (2008)

Director:

Tak Sakaguchi

Writers:

Akira Miyashita (manga by), Tak Sakaguchi (adaptation)

Stars:

Gô Ayano, Kaoru Hirata, Mayumi Kikuchi

Cast

Credited cast:
Gô Ayano	...	Hien
Kaoru Hirata
Mayumi Kikuchi
Tomoko Nakajima	...	Mother
Tak Sakaguchi	...	Momotaro
Hideo Sakaki	...	Omito
Shôei	...	Genji

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

fight | based on manga | honor | duel | punctuation in title | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

26 January 2008 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Be a Man! Samurai School

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dongyu Club, Eisei Gekijo, Makotoya

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tak Sakaguchi stated at the 7th Annual Asian Film Festival of Dallas that the movie was filmed in only two weeks with a budget of about $400K.

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Connections

Featured in You Can Play This!: Sakigake!! Otokojuku (2012)

User Reviews

Time lost...

I could only stand the first half of the movie. The plot was really silly and boring. Just like a bad manga.

The characters are convinced that the most important thing in life is to let the 'teachers'punish them for the most trivial of reasons so that they can become 'men'.

I did not see any teaching done apart from literally thousands of push-ups and ghastly punishment... There were some references to old training techniques that sounded phony to me. Well, holding a 500 kg rock for days or being fried alive (and survive) sounds kind of phony, doesn't it?

It is unbelievable what the students put up with for no good reason.

The only sensible character seemed to be the bad guy who would not tolerate such treatment.

Ummm, I wonder if I will be man enough to end watching that piece of garbage... No way!