800 Two Lap Runners (1994)

  • NR
  • 07/09/1994 (JP)
  • 1h 50m

Overview

This coming-of-age story revolves around two young long distance runners, Kenji Hirose and Ryuji Nakazawa. Kenji, haunted by memories of his dead friend Aihara with whom he had a brief homosexual affair, is now dating Aihara's former girlfriend Kyoko, but Kyoko is more interested in Kenji than he is in her. Ryuji, Kenji's friend and track rival, is pursuing hurdler Shoko but she in turn is after Kenji. Ryuji does have his own admirer, Nao, Kenji's younger sister, but when they do get together, Nao resembles her brother too much for Ryuji to go through with the lovemaking.

Ryuichi Hiroki

Director

Masato Katō

Screenplay

Makoto Kawashima

Novel

Cast

Shunsuke Matsuoka's headshot

Shunsuke Matsuoka

Kenji Hirose
Eugene Nomura's headshot

Eugene Nomura

Ryuji Nakazawa
Tsugami Arimura's headshot

Tsugami Arimura

Shoko Iida
Miwako Kawai's headshot

Miwako Kawai

Kyoko Yamaguchi
Reiko Shiraishi's headshot

Reiko Shiraishi

Nao Hirose
Yoshihiko Hakamada's headshot

Yoshihiko Hakamada

Aihara
Eri Kanuma's headshot

Eri Kanuma

Yoshiko Nakazawa
Juro Kara's headshot

Juro Kara

Yasu-san

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