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.
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Tatsuo Shimoi
Takuma Hiraoka
Katsuya Maruyama
Yang Ik-june
Yuiko Kariya
Yuzuka Shimizu
Maki Sakai
Mizuki Maruyama
Toru Nakamura
Katsuyuki Maruyama
Sarutoki Minagawa
Hosono
Hiroki Miyake
Wrestling coach Umeda
YOU
Shimizu's mother
Kenji Endo
Inoue's grandfather
Maruyama, the Middle Schooler is a comedy, fantasy, drama, family film released in 2013 exploring themes of high school, serial killer, tower block, junior high school, japanese junior high schooler. Directed by Kankuro Kudo, it stars Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Takuma Hiraoka, 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.
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