Miyamoto(HKAFF 2019)

After its success as a late-night television drama last year, Arai Hideki’s infamous manga series is adapted once again by writer-director Mariko Tetsuya and the same cast, this time as a feature film. Ikematsu Sosuke stars as the titular character, a barely competent salesman for a stationery manufacturer. His luck seems to be changing when he falls in love with the beautiful Yasuko, but their love – and his dignity – is seriously tested when a shocking incident occurs. Brash, energetic and rousing, this is an extreme romance drama with an unabashedly violent edge that sets it apart from its contemporaries.