800 Two Lap Runners is a 1994 Japanese film directed by Ryūichi Hiroki starring Shunsuke Matsuoka and Eugene Nomura. For director Hiroki, the film marks a transition from his early work in pink film to mainstream cinema.[1]
This coming-of-age story revolves around two young long distance runners, Kenji Hirose and Ryuji Nakazawa. Kenji, haunted by memories of his dead friend Aihara with whom he had a brief homosexual affair, is now dating Aihara's former girlfriend Kyoko, but Kyoko is more interested in Kenji than he is in her. Ryuji, Kenji's friend and track rival, is pursuing hurdler Shoko but she in turn is after Kenji. Ryuji does have his own admirer, Nao, Kenji's younger sister, but when they do get together, Nao resembles her brother too much for Ryuji to go through with the lovemaking.
Castedit
Shunsuke Matsuoka (松岡俊介) as Kenji Hirose
Eugene Nomura (野村祐人) as Ryuji Nakazawa
Tsugumi Arimura (有村つぐみ) as Shoko Ida
Miwako Kawai (河合みわこ) as Kyoko Yamaguchi
Reiko Shiraishi (白石玲子) as Nao Hirose
Yoshihiko Hakamada (袴田吉彦) as Aihara
Naomi Sawada (沢田奈緒美) as Tomomi Ogawa
Yūki Tanaka (田中優樹) as Shunichi Saitō
Releaseedit
800 Two Lap Runners was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival in the "Panorama" section in February 1994[2] before its theatrical release in Japan on July 9, 1994, by Herald Ace (ヘラルド・エース).[3] It was released on DVD in Japan by Pioneer LDC on May 24, 2002.[4]
Receptionedit
Kinema Junpo magazine placed the film at number 7 in its list of the ten best Japanese films of 1994.[3] At the 16th Yokohama Film Festival held in January 1995, 800 Two Lap Runners was listed as the fourth best film of 1994[5] and actor Shunsuke Matsuoka was given one of the Best New Talent Awards.[6] The film also took two awards at the 49th annual Mainichi Film Awards, Eugene Nomura for Best New Talent and Naoki Kayano for Cinematography.[7]
Referencesedit
^Jacoby, Alexander (2008). A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. pp. 46–48. ISBN978-1-933330-53-2.
^"Panorama: 800 Two Lap Runners". Berlinale. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
^ ab"800 Two Lap Runners" (in Japanese). MovieWalker. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
^"800 TWO LAP RUNNERS [DVD]" (in Japanese). amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
^ (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
^第１６回ヨコハマ映画祭 １９９４年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
^"Mainichi Film Awards Winners" (in Japanese). Mainichi Film Awards. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
runners, 1994, japanese, film, directed, ryūichi, hiroki, starring, shunsuke, matsuoka, eugene, nomura, director, hiroki, film, marks, transition, from, early, work, pink, film, mainstream, cinema, directed, byryūichi, hirokiscreenplay, bymasato, katobased, on. 800 Two Lap Runners is a 1994 Japanese film directed by Ryuichi Hiroki starring Shunsuke Matsuoka and Eugene Nomura For director Hiroki the film marks a transition from his early work in pink film to mainstream cinema 1 800 Two Lap RunnersDirected byRyuichi HirokiScreenplay byMasato KatoBased onnovel by Makoto KawashimaProduced byIsao YoshiwaraStarringShunsuke MatsuokaEugene NomuraCinematographyNaoki KayanoMusic byMotohiro TomitaDistributed byHerald Ace ヘラルド エース Release dateJuly 9 1994 1994 07 09 Running time110 min CountryJapanLanguageJapanese Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Release 4 Reception 5 References 6 External linksPlot editThis coming of age story revolves around two young long distance runners Kenji Hirose and Ryuji Nakazawa Kenji haunted by memories of his dead friend Aihara with whom he had a brief homosexual affair is now dating Aihara s former girlfriend Kyoko but Kyoko is more interested in Kenji than he is in her Ryuji Kenji s friend and track rival is pursuing hurdler Shoko but she in turn is after Kenji Ryuji does have his own admirer Nao Kenji s younger sister but when they do get together Nao resembles her brother too much for Ryuji to go through with the lovemaking Cast editShunsuke Matsuoka 松岡俊介 as Kenji Hirose Eugene Nomura 野村祐人 as Ryuji Nakazawa Tsugumi Arimura 有村つぐみ as Shoko Ida Miwako Kawai 河合みわこ as Kyoko Yamaguchi Reiko Shiraishi 白石玲子 as Nao Hirose Yoshihiko Hakamada 袴田吉彦 as Aihara Naomi Sawada 沢田奈緒美 as Tomomi Ogawa Yuki Tanaka 田中優樹 as Shunichi SaitōRelease edit800 Two Lap Runners was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival in the Panorama section in February 1994 2 before its theatrical release in Japan on July 9 1994 by Herald Ace ヘラルド エース 3 It was released on DVD in Japan by Pioneer LDC on May 24 2002 4 Reception editKinema Junpo magazine placed the film at number 7 in its list of the ten best Japanese films of 1994 3 At the 16th Yokohama Film Festival held in January 1995 800 Two Lap Runners was listed as the fourth best film of 1994 5 and actor Shunsuke Matsuoka was given one of the Best New Talent Awards 6 The film also took two awards at the 49th annual Mainichi Film Awards Eugene Nomura for Best New Talent and Naoki Kayano for Cinematography 7 References edit Jacoby Alexander 2008 A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors Berkeley Stone Bridge Press pp 46 48 ISBN 978 1 933330 53 2 Panorama 800 Two Lap Runners Berlinale Retrieved 2015 03 26 a b 800 Two Lap Runners in Japanese MovieWalker Retrieved 2015 03 26 800 TWO LAP RUNNERS DVD in Japanese amazon co jp Retrieved 2015 03 26 １９９４年度 日本映画ベストテン in Japanese Yokohama Film Festival Archived from the original on 2016 03 04 Retrieved 2015 04 30 第１６回ヨコハマ映画祭 １９９４年日本映画個人賞 in Japanese Yokohama Film Festival Retrieved 2015 03 28 Mainichi Film Awards Winners in Japanese Mainichi Film Awards Retrieved 2015 03 28 External links edit800 Two Lap Runners at IMDb 800 Two Lap Runners at the Japanese Movie Database in Japanese Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 800 Two Lap Runners amp oldid 1116053176, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
