Maruyama, The Middle Schooler (2013)

Profile

• Movie: Maruyama, The Middle Schooler
• Romaji: Chuugakusei Maruyama
• Japanese: 中学生円山

• Director: Kankuro Kudo
• Writer: Kankuro Kudo
• Producer: Masahiko Mizuguchi, Misato Iijima, Kazutoshi Wadakura, Hiroyoshi Kozaki, Kazutoshi Wadakura
• Cinematographer: Kazunari Tanaka,
• World Premiere: April 21, 2013 (Udine Far East Film)
• Release Date: May 18, 2013
• Runtime: 119 min.
• Distributor: Toei
• Genre: Drama / Comedy
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

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, not getting along with the housewives in the apartment complex and doesn’t appear to work.Through meeting the mysterious single father, Katsuya grows as a person.