8000 Miles (2009)

Original name: SR サイタマノラッパー

Release date: March 14, 2009

Movie

Average time: 80 minutes

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: 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.