Japan,
2005, 112 min
Directed by:
根岸吉太郎Screenplay:
Masato KatoCinematography:
町田博Composer:
伊藤ゴローCast:
伊勢谷友介, 佐藤浩市, Kyōko Koizumi, 吹石一恵, Teruyuki Kagawa, Kippei Shiina, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Denden, 津川雅彦, Mitsuko Kusabue, 山本浩司Plots(1)
A "Banei Race" pits draft horses, whose ancestors were the dobbins, against one another, each pulling a 200-plus pound sledge over various obstacles. These draft horses bend their enormous bodies over and do their best. The film concerns what happens when these horses and a young man, who struggles for the present but still walks towards his future with his family, come together in their lives. (official distributor synopsis)
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