8000 Miles

"Hip hop is a long, long road..."

8000 Miles — Plot

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.

• Release date
• March 14, 2009
• Runtime
• 80 min
• Genres
• Comedy, Drama
• Director
• Yu Irie

8000 Miles — Cast

Ryusuke Komakine Ikku Shingo Mizusawa Tom Eita Okuno Mighty Tatsuya Masunari Ken

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Tetsuya Haishima Tec

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Hirofumi Fuji Yossy Mihiro Chinatsu

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Hakushu Kamisuzuki Takeda (TKD)