Teaser - A Man on the Verge at a Black Company (Black Gaisha ni Tsutometerundaga, Mou Ore wa Genkai Kamoshirenai)

Actually a little over a week old now (I’m a bit behind on my posts), but a new teaser trailer is out for Yuichi Sato’s A Man on the Verge at a Black Company.

The film is based on a popular forum thread on the Japanese internet forum 2chan in which a 26-year-old computer geek documented his struggle working at a “black company” after the death of his mother and subsequent loss of her financial support. A black company (burakku gaisha) is a Japanese slang term referring to companies which overwork their employees beyond the legal limits and generally exploit people who can’t find a better job someplace else due to lack of qualifications or the general state of the economy. The story was also adapted to a best-selling novel last year.

Teppei Koike plays the geek in question, referred to only by his internet screen name “Ma-Otoko”. Maiko, Kei Tanaka, Hiroshi Shinagawa, Tetsuhiro Ikeda, Yasuhi Nakamura, Masako Chiba, and Seiichi Tanabe also star.

Official website

Thanks to logboy for spotting the update.