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    Break Through!

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    Japanese poster of the movie Break Through!
    Pacchigi!
    Japan
    2004     Action comedy    
    1h 58min
    Original language: Japanese, Korean

    The Higashi High School Karate Club clashes with a gang of delinquents from a high school for resident Koreans, and their leader Ang-son. Kosuke from the Higashi High falls in love with Ang-son's sister Kyong-ja, a talented flautist. Kosuke starts studying Korean and playing the guitar to get close to Kyong-ja and learns the tune she plays called "Imujing River," a song about homesickness for Korea. Kosuke gradually wins her over and becomes friends with her brother and the other resident Koreans. But when one of his new friends dies in an accident Kosuke realizes the real depth of anti-Japanese feeling among Korean Residents in Japan.

    Directed byKazuyuki Izutsu
    Written byTakeshi Matsuyama, Daisuke Habara

    Starring

    Shun Shioya
    Sôsuke Takaoka
    Erika Sawajiri
    Kyôko Yanagihara
    Hiroyuki Onoue
    Yôko Maki
    Keisuke Koide
    Kazuki Namioka
    Joe Odagiri
    Yôsuke Asari
    Chisun
    Noriko Eguchi
    Hideya Kinoshita
    Ken Mitsuishi
    Riku Yamazaki

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