Onobori Monogatari (2010)

Onobori Monogatari is a Japanese movie directed by Yasutaka Mori and based on an autobiographical comic strip by Satoshi Karasuya.

Movie info

Original title: おのぼり物語
Release date: July 17, 2010
Distributed by: Tokyo Theatres Company

Plot

An aspiring manga artist named Satoshi movies from Osaka to Tokyo with no set plan. When he arrives, the magazine he wanted to work for goes out of business, leaving him unemployed and with very few options. He attempts to show his work to other publishing companies, but they repeatedly blow him off…