Gold Medal Man (2016)
Original title: 金メダル男
Gold Medal Man is a 2016 Japanese-language comedy movie directed by Teruyoshi Uchimura, with a running time of 1h 48m. It stars Teruyoshi Uchimura, Yuri Chinen and Tae Kimura.
Senichi was born in 1964, when the entire nation was excited about the Tokyo Olympics. As an elementary student, Senichi won a footrace and got a taste of what winning felt like. Since then, Senichi takes part in various competitions including drawing and usually wins. He keeps struggling to win gold medals at competitions.
Cast
- Teruyoshi Uchimura as Senichi Akita
- Yuri Chinen as Senichi Akita (teen)
- Tae Kimura as Yoriko Kametani
- Tsuyoshi Muro as Shuntaro Murata
- Tao Tsuchiya as Midori Yokoi
- Nana Seino as Yoriko Hojo
- Hirona Yamazaki as Megumi Hashimoto
- Aoi Morikawa as Aki Shinomiya
- Moka Kamishiraishi as Yoko Kuroki
- Sei Hiraizumi as Tomeichi Akita
- Yoshiko Miyazaki as Fusae Akita
- Tsurube Shofukutei as Torata Nanba