Gachi Boy: Wrestling with a Memory

2008 2h 0m JA

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7.5

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★7.5TMDB · 11

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Synopsis

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A wrestling club must deal with the fact that their newest member is an amnesiac.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Ryuta Sato
Ryoichi Igarashi
Saeko
Asako Asaoka
Osamu Mukai
Chihiro Okudera
Riisa Naka
Akane Igarashi
Miyagawa Daisuke
Yoshinobu Kimijima
Shigeru Izumiya
Tsuneo Igarashi
Daijiro Kawaoka
Masaki Sada
Ryu Nakatani

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Norihiro Koizumi
Writers: Ryuta Hourai, Seishi Nishida
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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2 / 7

CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Norihiro Koizumi, shot by Yasuhito Kasai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Naoki Sato. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Ryuta Sato and Saeko and Osamu Mukai carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1134857 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 11 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Norihiro Koizumi directs. Yasuhito Kasai behind the camera. Naoki Sato scores. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 18 years ago.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Norihiro Koizumi, shot by Yasuhito Kasai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Naoki Sato. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Ryuta Sato and Saeko and Osamu Mukai carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt1134857 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 11 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.