8000 Miles (2009)

4.7/10 • 80 min • Comedy Drama

Overview

Ikku, Mighty and Tomu live in Saitama, not exactly the coolest places to get involved in a wanna-be rap star lifestyle. But try they do with their freestyle rap band Sho-Gung. Yu Irie, who gained the Grand Prize at Yubari Fantastic Film Festival with this film, grew up in Saitama and inserts the grim realities of suburban youth skillfully in his comedic style.

Cast

Ryusuke Komakine

Ikku

Shingo Mizusawa

Tom

Eita Okuno

Mighty

Tatsuya Masunari

Ken

Mihiro

Chinatsu

Hikohiko Sugiyama

Li

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