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GACHI-BAN MAX

GACHI-BAN MAX

20101h 10m

Overview

This is the new Gachiban series of juvenile delinquent action films in which young stars can be seen in flashy fight scenes. The hard struggle of the hero who comes from a suburban town to Shibuya in Tokyo is portrayed realistically with guerilla style shooting. High school dropout Kuronaga Yuto (Kubota Masataka) hears that his school upperclassman Yoshio (Suzunosuke) has control over Shibuya, the sacred ground for juvenile delinquents, and goes to the downtown area to become his "pupil." However, Yoshio, whom he meets again after a long time, has become a weakling who works hard at a part-time job distributing packets of tissues to passers-by.

Directed by Takashi Motoki
Written by Masao Iketani
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Masataka Kubota

Masataka Kubota

Kuronaga Yuto

Suzunosuke Tanaka

Suzunosuke Tanaka

Yoshio

Ryohei Abe

Ryohei Abe

Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi

Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi

Strawberry (Ichigoda Hiroshi)

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About GACHI-BAN MAX

GACHI-BAN MAX is a action, adventure, crime, drama film released in 2010. Directed by Takashi Motoki, it stars Masataka Kubota, Suzunosuke Tanaka, Ryohei Abe. This is the new Gachiban series of juvenile delinquent action films in which young stars can be seen in flashy fight scenes. The hard struggle of the hero who comes from a suburban town to Shibuya in Tokyo is portrayed realistically with guerilla style shooting. High school dropout Kuronaga Yuto (Kubota Masataka) hears that his school upperclassman Yoshio (Suzunosuke) has control over Shibuya, the sacred ground for juvenile delinquents, and goes to the downtown area to become his "pupil." However, Yoshio, whom he meets again after a long time, has become a weakling who works hard at a part-time job distributing packets of tissues to passers-by.

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