Directed by:
Yūya IshiiCinematography:
柳田裕男Cast:
Takanori Iwata, 前田敦子, 高畑充希, Erika Toda, Sosuke Ikematsu, Yukiya Kitamura, 佐藤浩市, Nanako Matsushima, Kanata Hosoda, Nagisa Sekimizu, Taiga, 佐野弘樹, 嶺岸煌桜, Yū FutamiPlots(1)
The nerdy Hajime Machida (Kanata Hosoda) would be the typical high-school student, were it not for his inability to focus on his studies, his incapacity at anything sports-related… and his ever-flowing goodwill, an almost pathological condition prompting him to help all and everyone around him, at all times, and often to his own detriment. This — sometimes awkward, often misguided, and absolutely hilarious — outpouring of love has earned him the nickname “Jesus Christ” from his fellow students, and made him somewhat of an object of fascination from the opposite gender, seeing in him as an inoffensive, but wholly intriguing alternative to the common jock. Of course, the young saint has no time, nor care, for romantic entanglement, but one day, he meets Nana (Nagisa Sekimizu) at the school’s infirmary, whose unthinking act of kindness towards him capsizes Machida’s very black-and-white vision of the world. (Fantasia International Film Festival)
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Takanori Iwata
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Nanako Matsushima
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Nagisa Sekimizu
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Taiga
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嶺岸煌桜
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