Samu Life (2015)

Samu Life is a 2015 Japanese movie directed by Takeshi Moriya. It will get a preview screening in Nagoya on February 7, 2014.

The film is based on an autobiographical novel by Hidetaka Nagaoka, a former high school teacher from Ueda, Nagano Prefecture who established a nonprofit organization called "Samurai Gakuen Sukuora Imajin" in order to create his own school called Samurai Gakuen, aka SamuGaku.

Movie info

Original title: サムライフ
Transliterated title: SamuRaifu
Premiere date: February 7, 2015
Release date: February 28, 2015
Directed by: Takeshi Moriya
Written by: Takuro Oikawa (screenplay)
Hidetaka Nagaoka (novel)
Genres: Drama
Subgenres: Based on novel | High school | Teacher
Runtime: 118 min.
Eiren rating: G (General Audiences)
Distributed by: Bitters End

Plot

Nagaoka has big ideas for his own version of the ideal education system which runs counter to the traditional school establishment. He runs a shot bar with the goal of earning enough money to start his own school and soon takes a young group of teaching disciples under his wing as they work together toward the same goal.

Featured Cast

Actor		Role
	Takahiro Miura	Nagaoka
	Mayu Matsuoka
	Masaki Kaji
	Reiya Masaki
	Ryosuke Yamamoto
	Ren Osugi
	Dai Watanabe
	Kitaro
	Makita Sports
	Mai Takahashi

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