Bad Company

Getting caught shoplifting, Sadamoto and his bored teen friends are forced to write long self critical school essays as punishment. Sadamoto writes an essay titled ''I Am An Onion'' and his military disciplined teacher suddenly recognises an unexpected talent. However, this contrasts with Sadamoto's role as street kid leader, and he rebels against the new attention in order to get back to the safe company of his unsafe friends.

With Bad Company, director Furumaya wants to raise questions about adolescence in the Japanese society. Loosely based on his own teenage years, it reveals an aspect of national character in the portrait of the stern disciplined teacher, the brutal punishments and the classroom bullying.

Bad Company won the Tiger and FIPRESCI Awards at the Rotterdam Film Festival in 2001.

Daniela Dietze

Premiärstatus
Svensk premiär: Orig. titel
Mabudachi: Medverkande
Yamato Okitsu, Ryosuke Takahashi, Yuta Nakajima, Ken Mitsuishi, Asako Yashiro, Mikio Shimizu: Producent
Takenori Sento: Manus
Tomoyuki Furumaya: Foto
Masami Inomoto: Musik
Masamichi Shigeno: Talat språk
Japanese