Year: 2010
Country: Japan
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Screenwrieter: Harold Sakuishi (manga)
Genre: Drama, Music
Runtime: 145 min
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: None
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1587118/
Theatrical Release Date: September 4, 2010
Cast:
* Hiro Mizushima - Ryusuke Minami
* Takeru Sato - Yukio "Koyuki" Tanaka
* Kenta Kiritani - Chiba
* Shiori Kutsuna - Maho Minami
* Osamu Mukai - Taira
* Aoi Nakamura - Saku
* Takanori Takeyama - Keichi Saito
* Sari Kurauchi - Hiromi Masuoka
* Kensei Mikami - Eiji Kimura
* Yuta Furukawa - Yoshito Shoseki
* Dori Sakurada - Masaru Hyodo
* Naoki Kawano - Togo
* Tsutomu Takahashi - Rikiya Kitazawa
* Naoto Takenaka
* Yuki Matsushita - Kazuo Sato
* Shido Nakamura - Ran
* Floyd Lee - John Lee Davidson
* Cinque Lee - Leon Sykes
* Ryosuke Miura
* Hiroshi Shinagawa - cameo
* Masako Motai - cameo
Synopsis/ Plot:
Maho Minami (Shiori Kutsuna) returns to Japan after studying in New York. Her half brother Ryusuke Minami (Hiro Mizushima) is an ultra talented guitarist. Maho & Ryosuke then meet Koyuki (Takeru Sato ), a fellow young teen whom Maho takes interest in. Soon enough, Ryosuke and Koyuki form a 5 piece rock band named "Beck," while Maho and Koyuki become involved in a romantic relationship.
The band starts to play live shows and grow an enthusiastic following. The release of their debut CD helps to further the band's popularity. People start to notice Koyuki. The band then endures a producer's planned conspiracy and other hardships. Beck then receives an offer to play at a rock festival, but with the unusual stipulation that the band may have to dissolve ...
Notes:
1. Based on Harold Sakuishi's manga "Beck" which was published by Kodansha in Monthly Shōnen Magazine from 1999 through 2008.
2. TV Tokyo also aired an animation series of "Beck" in 2004-2005.
3. Shiori Kutsuna, who was raised in Australia, stated she felt an immediate bond with "Maho Minami" after reading the script due to her upbringing in another country and other character similarities.
File/Video Technical Info
VIDEO
File Type: avi
Video Codec: XviD
Video Format: 720x320
Video Bitrate: 852 kbps
Video Frame Rate: 23.976 fps
File Source: DVD Jap
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AUDIO
Audio Codec: AC3 (Ch. 6 - 48000Hz)
Audio Bitrate: 448 kbps
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REFERENCES
Official Site: http://www.beck-movie.jp/
Wiki: http://asianmediawiki.com/Beck
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