Part of the 2016 season: Ikiru
I'll Give it My All...Tomorrow
Director Yuichi Fukuda
Cast Shinichi Tsutsumi, Ai Hashimoto, Renji Ishibashi, Katsuhisa Namase
2013, 105 min, English subtitles
俺はまだ本気出してないだけ (Ore wa mada honki dashitenai dake)
Fed-up forty-something Shizuo (Shinichi Tsutsumi) quits his secure job to become a full-time slacker, embarking on a reluctant pursuit to follow his true dreams. Despite now spending most of his time hanging around the house in his underwear playing video games and working part-time at a fast-food restaurant, Shizuo eventually comes to realise his true passion in life: Manga! Without much preparation or any skill, Shizuo starts working on his masterpiece…
Adapted from Shunju Aono’s popular manga series, this comedy by Yuichi Fukuda (the director behind HK: Forbidden Super Hero) follows the mid-life crisis of a loveable lazybones trying to find his calling. It will no doubt delight many aspiring manga writers of all stages of their lives!
子持ちでバツイチの主人公は、「自分探し」を理由として42歳で突如それまで勤めていた仕事を退職。漫画家になることを決意する。しかし、持ち込み原稿はことごとくボツにされ、食いつなぐためにバイト店員として働き始めたファストフード店でもミスの連続。同居する父親に怒鳴られ、娘から借金するまでになり、ついには家出してしまう。徹底的に駄目な男性を堤真一が好演。
監督: 福田雄一
出演: 堤真一、橋本愛、生瀬勝久
Distributor: Shochiku
Image: © 2013 “I’ll Give It My All… Tomorrow” Film Partners
Past screenings
- Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) Saturday 6 February, 15:15
- Showroom Cinema Monday 15 February, 18:00
- Dundee Contemporary Arts Tuesday 23 February, 18:00
- Filmhouse Sunday 28 February, 15:40
- Brewery Arts Cinema Tuesday 8 March, 20:00
- Broadway Monday 21 March, 20:45
- Phoenix, Leicester Saturday 26 March, 15:20
All films in this season
- The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
- A Farewell to Jinu
- The Letter
- Pecoross’ Mother and Her Days
- Cheers from Heaven
- Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune
- Uzumasa Limelight
- I'll Give it My All...Tomorrow
- Being Good
- The Elegant Life of Mr Everyman
- A Japanese Tragedy
- Tale of a Butcher Shop
- Anthem of the Heart
- Miss Hokusai