Movie

8000 Miles (2009)

• March 14, 2009
• 1h 20m

• Comedy
• Drama

“"Hip hop is a long, long road..."”

Overview

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.

Director

Yu Irie

Writers

Yu Irie

Starring

Ryusuke Komakine, Shingo Mizusawa, Eita Okuno