8000 Miles

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.

• Yū IrieScreenplay
• Yū IrieDirector

• Ryusuke KomakineIkku
• Shingo MizusawaTom
• Eita OkunoMighty
• Tatsuya MasunariKen
• Tetsuya HaishimaTec
• Hirofumi FujiYossy
• MihiroChinatsu
• Hakushu KamisuzukiTakeda (TKD)
• Hikohiko SugiyamaLi