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Brass Knuckle Boys

2009 · 125 min

A warm, funny underdog comedy about unlikely punk rockers chasing a dream, with a gentle heart beneath the scruffy chaos.

Directed by
Kazushige Tanaka, Kankuro Kudo
Genres
Comedy, Music
Starring
Aoi Miyazaki, Koichi Sato, Yuichi Kimura
Overview
A record company office worker named Kanna discovers a punk rock band called Shonen Meriken Sakku 'Brass Knuckle Boys' through the internet and subsequently decides to represent them on behalf of her company. What Kanna did not know was that the Brass Knuckle Boys consists of all middle aged men.

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Directed by
Kazushige Tanaka, Kankuro Kudo
Genres
Comedy, Music
Starring
Aoi Miyazaki, Koichi Sato, Yuichi Kimura
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • music
  • ambition
  • found family
  • identity
  • work
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, music
Directed by
Kazushige Tanaka, Kankuro Kudo
Written by
Kankuro Kudo
Starring
Aoi Miyazaki, Koichi Sato, Yuichi Kimura, Tomorowo Taguchi, Hiroki Miyake, Ryo Katsuji, Yusuke Santamaria, Pierre Taki
Music
Shutoku Mukai
Cinematography
Kazushige Tanaka
Runtime
125 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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