A record company office worker named Kanna Aoi Miyazaki 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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A record company office worker named Kanna Aoi Miyazaki 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.
Based on the best-selling autobiography by Tamura Hiroshi of popular manzai duo Kirin, the feature film THE HOMELESS STUDENT details the comedian's poignant experiences as a homeless teen during his junior high school days. Released in 2007, Tamura's book sold over a million copies in just two months, and was quickly picked up in 2008 for a Fuji TV drama special and a silver-screen adaptation directed by Furumaya Tomoyuki. Winner of the Best Newcomer award at the 32nd Japan Academy Awards, baby-faced pop idol Koike Teppei of WaT stars as the high school student who finds himself suddenly without a home after his parents go bankrupt and separate. With nowhere to turn, he begins to live in the park.
The story takes place in an alternative Tokyo which has taken a different history. In the fictional capital Teito where the aristocrats continue to thrive since the 19th Century, there is a wide gap between the rich and the poor. The aristocrats own 90% of the wealth in the capital. In the city, there are rumors about a mysterious thief, who only steals from the rich with incredible ways like magician. People call him K-20, that's short for "Kaijin Niju-Menso" (the Phantom Thief with 20 faces).
Minato (Maki Horikita) was abandoned by her parents at a young age and forced to live with her senile grandmother, a situation which traumatized her deeply. To pass the time she starts corresponding with a pen-pal named Night, a boy of about her age. Through her letters to Night she chronicles the daily goings-on of her life, and eventually even admits to him that she’s falling in love with a boy she’s met named Sho (Takuya Ishida). One day she notices Sho is apprehensive around her and acting oddly. She suspects Night may be the cause but when she arranges to meet with him in person and sort this out but he never shows up. What she isn’t consciously aware of, however, is that Night is actually her overprotective split personality and bullies Sho to drive him away from the more trusting Minato.