Because everyone loves a slacker road movie, here’s ‘Bakabakance’

Sokichi Miyata’s mellow, DV-shot road movie Bakabakance stars Kunihiro Suda, Erika Okuda (Tokyo Zombie), Kiyohiko Shibukawa (Ichi the Killer), Yosuke Nakajima, Yoshiyuki Morishita (Funky Forest), and Shirou Nozawa. The film won the 8th Tama Movie Festival “Tama New Wave” special prize back in November and will be released in Japan on July 5, 2008.

Michio (Suda) works at a small western-style restaurant and is slowly trying to get over the loneliness and depression caused by his girlfriend Ai (Okuda) leaving him for another guy six months earlier. To make things worse his boss suddenly takes off with all the money the business had, leaving all his employees to twist in the wind. When Michio goes home he finds Ai there waiting for him. She had recently broken up with her new boyfriend and needs a place to stay. Michio thinks this is ridiculously selfish of her, but since he’s still not over her he can’t seem to refuse. The next morning one of the cooks from the restaurant (Shibukawa) shows up and tells Michio he knows where the restaurant owner will be the following day. So the three of them go off on a drive in a little red convertible to confront him. Unfortunately the car overheats and they’re left stranded in a town by the beach. Now stuck together for a little longer than expected and unsure if they’ll make it to their destination in time, Michio and Ai have some unresolved issues to settle.

Here’s the trailer. The song you’ll have stuck in your head a few minutes after watching it is ”Noroma ga Hashitte Iku” by The Pees.

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Tags: erika okuda, kiyohiko shibukawa, kunihiro suda, road movie, shirou nozawa, sokichi miyata, yoshiyuki morishita, yosuke nakajima