When some bank robbers are betrayed and left stranded by one of their own, they hijack an ordinary salaryman named Kenichi Asakura (Shinichi Tsutsumi) and force him to drive after the stolen loot. However, the uptight Asakura is unwilling to go over the speed limit or disobey the rules of the road, even when threatened with death.

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When some bank robbers are betrayed and left stranded by one of their own, they hijack an ordinary salaryman named Kenichi Asakura (Shinichi Tsutsumi) and force him to drive after the stolen loot. However, the uptight Asakura is unwilling to go over the speed limit or disobey the rules of the road, even when threatened with death.

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Salaryman Takagi (Shinichi Tsutsumi) wakes up in a motel room still wearing a suit and not sure how he ended up there. As a packet of purification salt falls out of his pocket memories start flooding back. He remembers a funeral, an argument with his girlfriend, meeting a yakuza boss, some dancing, holding a shotgun, and then things get really crazy…

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Inspired by a best-selling 2002 novel by Kenichiro Nakamaru, Takahumi Motoki‘s upcoming weight-loss comedy Rock ‘n’ Roll Diet! follows the exploits of a tubby family man as he attempts to regain his former svelte rockstar glory. In the movie Gun-san (Daisuke Shima), a former rocker and current owner of rock ‘n’ roll bar “Gun’s” has recently started packing on the pounds. Now 42 and completely accustomed to wearing loose-fitting jersey outfits, his eldest daughter (Haru) is ashamed of him, his second daughter (Saaya) makes him the butt of her jokes, and his wife (Junko Mihara) becomes nostalgic for the old days. However, Gun-san is convinced that his big belly is simply a sign of his own happiness. That all changes one day when he meets a brash female guitarist named Nana (Nao Nagasawa) who drunkenly calls him out for letting himself go and losing his rock ‘n’ roll spirit in the process.

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Rock ‘n’ Roll bar owner Gun-san (Daisuke Shima) used to be in a band in his youth but recently he’s let himself go. When his family starts getting ashamed of him he defends himself by claiming his weight is just proof of his happiness. However, when a young female guitarist named Nana (Nao Nagasawa) drunkenly berates him for losing his rock ‘n’ roll spirit, he decides it’s time to go on a diet in preparation for getting back on stage.

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