Maruyama, The Middle Schooler

Maruyama, The Middle Schooler

119 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | April 21, 2013

Katsuya Maruyama (Hiraoka Takuma) is a middle school student boy full of obscene thoughts. He then meets Tatsuo Shimoi (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi), 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.

Maruyama, The Middle Schooler

119 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | April 21, 2013

Maruyama, The Middle Schooler
Katsuya Maruyama (Hiraoka Takuma) is a middle school student boy full of obscene thoughts. He then meets Tatsuo Shimoi (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi), 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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Cine Bazar
Original title 中学生円山
Directors Kankuro Kudo
Writers Kankuro Kudo

Cast

Takuma Hiraoka

as Katsuya Maruyama

Yuiko Kariya

as Yuzuka Shimizu

Maki Sakai

as Mizuki Maruyama

Toru Nakamura

as Katsuyuki Maruyama

Sarutoki Minagawa

as Hosono

Hiroki Miyake

as Wrestling coach Umeda

YOU

as Shimizu's mother

Kenji Endo

as Inoue's grandfather

Fumina Hara

as Miura

Tomorowo Taguchi

as Saito

Rino Kobayashi

as Hikaru Inoue

Miwako Shishido

as Murata