Us distributor Viz Pictures will be releasing Katsuhide Motoki's Battle League Horumo on region 1 DVD in July. The film got its North American premiere at Fantasia 2009 and has subsequently been screened at Fantastic Fest, the Hawaii International Film Festival, and San Francisco's Viz Cinema.
Plot: After spending two long years cramming for his entrance exam, Akira Abe (Takayuki Yamada) finally gets accepted to Kyoto University. One day, he and his friend Takamura (Gaku Hamada) get invited to a party hosted by a club called "The Azure Dragons". They agree to attend for the free food, but it's at the party where Abe meets Kyoko Sawara (Sei Ashina) and instantly falls in love. Determined to get closer to Sawara, he decides to join the Dragons and convinces Kawamura to tag along.
What initially seems to be a typical university social club turns out to be part of a 1,000-year tradition...
Plot: After spending two long years cramming for his entrance exam, Akira Abe (Takayuki Yamada) finally gets accepted to Kyoto University. One day, he and his friend Takamura (Gaku Hamada) get invited to a party hosted by a club called "The Azure Dragons". They agree to attend for the free food, but it's at the party where Abe meets Kyoko Sawara (Sei Ashina) and instantly falls in love. Determined to get closer to Sawara, he decides to join the Dragons and convinces Kawamura to tag along.
What initially seems to be a typical university social club turns out to be part of a 1,000-year tradition...
- 5/8/2010
- Nippon Cinema
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