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8000 Miles
8000 Miles

8000 Miles

"Hip hop is a long, long road..."

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ComedyDrama

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Ikku, Mighty and Tomu live in Saitama, not exactly the coolest places to get involved in a wanna-be rap star lifestyle. But try they do with their freestyle rap band Sho-Gung. Yu Irie, who gained the Grand Prize at Yubari Fantastic Film Festival with this film, grew up in Saitama and inserts the grim realities of suburban youth skillfully in his comedic style.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

80 mins

Rating

4.7/10

Release Date

14 March 2009

Country

Japan

Cast

Ryusuke Komakine

Ryusuke Komakine

Ikku

Shingo Mizusawa

Shingo Mizusawa

Tom

Eita Okuno

Eita Okuno

Mighty

Tatsuya Masunari

Tatsuya Masunari

Ken

Tetsuya Haishima

Tetsuya Haishima

Tec

Hirofumi Fuji

Hirofumi Fuji

Yossy

Mihiro

Mihiro

Chinatsu

Hakushu Kamisuzuki

Hakushu Kamisuzuki

Takeda (TKD)

Hikohiko Sugiyama

Hikohiko Sugiyama

Li

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