Boys on the Run (2010)
"Bôizu on za ran" (original title)

Toshiyuki Tanishi (Mr Tanishi) is a 29-year-old chronic masturbator and toy vending machine salesman - he is socially awkward and down on his luck. Things change when he meets Chiharu a ... See full summary »

Director:

Daisuke Miura

Writers:

Kengo Hanazawa (manga), Daisuke Miura (screenplay)

Stars:

Kazunobu Mineta, Mei Kurokawa, Ryûhei Matsuda

Cast

Credited cast:
Kazunobu Mineta	...	Toshiyuki Tanishi
Mei Kurokawa	...	Chiharu
Ryûhei Matsuda	...	Aoyama
You	...	Shiho
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Denden	...	Tanaka
Yûya Endô
Lily Franky	...	President
Ryô Iwamatsu
Kaoru Kobayashi	...	Suzuki san
Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Yûko Yamamoto
Ryôtarô Yonemura
Eiko Ôtani

Storyline

Toshiyuki Tanishi (Mr Tanishi) is a 29-year-old chronic masturbator and toy vending machine salesman - he is socially awkward and down on his luck. Things change when he meets Chiharu a pretty woman who might actually be into him. Unfortunately, he has competition for Chiharu's affection from handsome, rival vending salesman Aoyama.

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Plot Keywords:

salesman | socially awkward | vending machine | japan | black comedy | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

30 January 2010 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Boys on the Run

Company Credits

Production Co:

Amuse Soft Entertainment, Monster Ultra, Phantom Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Absurd Sex "Comedy" Devoid Of Heroes

This film, based on a Manga, is a truly bizarre comedy about a twenty year old man Tanishi (Kazunobo Mineta) who delivers novelty toys to shops in Akihabara in Tokyo. Rather than be in a serious relationship, he both pleasures himself and turns to prostitutes. At his job, Chiharu (Mei Kurokawa) shows a unrealistic interest in him and they go out. Before that, he mistakenly gives her a DVD of beastiality porn to watch. They go out and end up in a love hotel, but don't consummate the relationship. The next thing that happens is he ends up caught in the closet of Chiharu's next door neighbor Shijo. He tries to explain at a wedding reception (by saying it in a microphone), but she hates him now. He "lends" her to Aoyama, who works for a rival novelty company. Othedr things happen, but this film, a dark sex comedy, just didn't justify my watching it. Its almost impossible to like anyone in this film, everyone is so self-centered and/or arrogant. If this is the point, I did get it, but the film is too long at 114 minutes and the comedy in it, along with being unabashedly vulgar, is creepy. I wanted to like this, but instead feel I can't recommend it, since I didn't like anyone in the film. Noce try, I suppose, but its just not worth your time.