Wrestling with a Memory (2008)

A comedy about a wrestler struggling with memory lapse.

Director:

Norihiro Koizumi

Writers:

Ryûta Hôrai (original story), Seishi Nishida (screenplay)

Stars:

Ryûta Satô, Saeko, Osamu Mukai

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ryûta Satô	...	Ryoichi Igarashi
Saeko	...	Asako Asaoka
Osamu Mukai	...	Chihiro Okudera
Riisa Naka	...	Akane Igarashi
Daisuke Miyagawa	...	Yoshinobu Kimijima
Shigeru Izumiya	...	Tsuneo Igarashi
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Daijiro Kawaoka	...	Masaki Sada
Ryû Nakatani
Seishi Nishida

Storyline

A comedy about a wrestler struggling with memory lapse.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

1 March 2008 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Wrestling with a Memory

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,602,461

Company Credits

Production Co:

Booster Project

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Good film!

I had heard about this film, so I had lot of expectations from this one. Though the film starts off a bit Napoleon Dynamite-ish, later it delves into Memento territory (or 50 First Dates to be precise) of memory lapse.

Without giving the story away, I would like to say that if you like living your dream, coming-of-age/high school films you'll like this - but Gachi Boy is much more than that! The wrestling sequences, the "fight-amins", the camaraderie between the characters is great. And so is the song during the end titles! Awesome performances by everyone! Highly recommended!