is a 2017 comedy movie from Japan, directed by

Tsutomu Hanabusa is a Japanese film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role ...

. The film featured at the 2017 Melbourne Japanese Film Festival. It is based on the novel "Tori Girl" by Kō Nakamura (published 2012 by KADOKAWA MAGAZINES).

Plot

Yukina (

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) has always been an easygoing type. However, she ends up through no fault of her own, in a second rate University. She meets Kei (

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), who recruits her into a very nerdy club focused on achieving

human-powered flight A human-powered aircraft (HPA) is an aircraft belonging to the class of vehicles known as human-powered transport. Human-powered aircraft have been successfully flown over considerable distances. However, they are still primarily constructed a ...

. While initially being half-hearted about the attempt, she quickly gets involved in the drama of the event, and competes for the top position of pilot of the aircraft, competing at a

birdman rally Birdman Rally is a competition where members of the public build home-made gliders, hang gliders and human-powered aircraft, ranging from very serious aircraft to mere costumes, leap from a river– or sea–side jetty, or from a bridge, and compe ...

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Cast

as Yukina Toriyama *

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as Taishi Sakaba *

as Kei Takahashi *

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as Kazumi Shimamura *Yūma Yamoto * Shinichi Hatori

References

External links

* * 2017 films 2010s Japanese films Japanese drama films Kadokawa Dwango franchises Films directed by Tsutomu Hanabusa Films set in universities and colleges Films based on Japanese novels Human-powered aircraft 2017 drama films {{2010s-Japan-film-stub