Maruyama, the Middle Schooler (2013)
Original title: 中学生円山
Maruyama, the Middle Schooler is a 2013 Japanese-language comedy movie directed by Kankuro Kudo, with a running time of 2h. It stars Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Takuma Hiraoka and Yang Ik-june.
Katsuya Maruyama is a middle school student boy full of obscene thoughts. He then meets Tatsuo Shimoi, a single father who moves into the same apartment complex. Tatsuo Shimoi is a bit of an enigma: he doesn't get along with the housewives in the apartment complex and doesn't appear to work. Through his encounter with the mysterious single father, Katsuya grows as a person.
Cast
- Tsuyoshi Kusanagi as Tatsuo Shimoi
- Takuma Hiraoka as Katsuya Maruyama
- Yang Ik-june
- Yuiko Kariya as Yuzuka Shimizu
- Maki Sakai as Mizuki Maruyama
- Toru Nakamura as Katsuyuki Maruyama
- Sarutoki Minagawa as Hosono
- Hiroki Miyake as Wrestling coach Umeda
- YOU as Shimizu's mother
- Kenji Endo as Inoue's grandfather
- Fumina Hara as Miura
- Ryo Iwamatsu