Break Through!
Break Through! is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Kazuyuki Izutsu.
Plot
Kosuke Matsuyama is a second-year high school student who finds himself in the middle of a rampaging crowd of Korean boys, who are outraged by insults made by his classmates towards two Korean girls. Kosuke manages to escape, but he and his friend Yoshio are sent by their homeroom teacher to invite the Korean students to a friendly soccer game to restore peace.When entering the territory, Kosuke encounters Lee Kyung-ja, a girl playing a Korean folk song on a flute. Kosuke and Yoshio are almost lynched by Lee Kyung-ja's older brother Lee An-sun and his gang, but Kosuke is already smitten.
Kosuke aims to learn and master a musical composition and earn the affection of a young woman from a hostile environment, while Lee An-sun and his group participate in street skirmishes with Japanese delinquents, which leads to multiple victories, and discovers that his partner Kyoko Yanagihara, is expecting a child and wants to keep it, which leads to Lee An-sun being left learning how to mature.
Cast
- Shun Shioya as Kosuke Matsuyama, the main protagonist and a second-year student who falls in love with a girl of Korean origin, Lee Kyung-ja.
- Keisuke Koide as Norio Yoshida, Kosuke Matsuyama's best friend.
- Sousuke Takaoka as Lee An-sung, a Zainichi Korean troublemaker who is the hot headed older brother of Lee Kyung-ja.
- Erika Sawajiri as Lee Kyung-ja, a Zainichi Korean student who studies in a North korean school in Kyoto and Lee An-sung's shy younger sister who dreams of becoming a movie star. She's also the love interest of Kosuke Matsuyama.
- Kazuki Namioka as Motoki Bang-ho, Lee An-sung's best friend.
- Hiroyuki Onoue as Park Jae-dok, Lee An-sung's younger brother.
- Kyoko Yanagihara as Momoko, Lee An-sung's girlfriend who gets pregnant by him, making him make a decision about his life.
- Yoko Maki as Chun Gang-ja, the best martial artist in the North korean school and the friend of Lee An-sung, Motoki and Jae-dok.
- Noriko Eguchi as Hyeyoung, Chun Gang-ja's best friend
Awards
- Won: Best Film
- Won: Best Film
- Won: Best Director - Kazuyuki Izutsu
- Won: Best Cinematography - Hideo Yamamoto
- Won: Best Newcomer - Erika Sawajiri and Shun Shioya