Movie: Maruyama, the Middle Schooler

Top 10 Billed Cast

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
草彅剛

Tatsuo Shimoi

Takuma Hiraoka
平岡拓真

Katsuya Maruyama

Yang Ik-june
양익준

Yuiko Kariya
刈谷友衣子

Yuzuka Shimizu

Maki Sakai
坂井真紀

Mizuki Maruyama

Toru Nakamura
仲村トオル

Katsuyuki Maruyama

Sarutoki Minagawa
皆川猿時

Hosono

Hiroki Miyake
三宅弘城

Wrestling coach Umeda

YOU
YOU

Shimizu's mother

Kenji Endo
Kenji Endo

Inoue's grandfather

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    Katsuya Maruyama is a middle school student boy full of obscene thoughts. He then meets Tatsuo Shimoi, a single father who moves into the same apartment complex. Tatsuo Shimoi is a bit of an enigma: he doesn't get along with the housewives in the apartment complex and doesn't appear to work. Through his encounter with the mysterious single father, Katsuya grows as a person.

  • Release Date

    2013-04-18

  • Average

    5.7

  • Rating:

    2.9 starts
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    日本語English한국어/조선말
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