The Rocking Horsemen

2h 15m

Comedy

6.8

It is 1965. High-school student Takeyoshi Fujiwara hears "Pipeline" by the Ventures, and is mesmerized by their unique sound. With three friends, he forms a band called "The Rocking Horsemen." A warm and comic glimpse into high-school and small-town life in Japan in the 60's.

Cast

Yasufumi Hayashi

Takeyoshi Fujiwara

Tadanobu Asano

Seiichi Shirai

Yoshiyuki Omori

Fujio Gohta

Tsumatoshi Nagahori

Takumi Okashita

Shinichiroh Satoh

Shizuo Taniguchi

Ittoku Kishibe

Terauchi

Bengal

Takayuki Fujiwara

Kaori Mizushima

Miki Shirai

Wakaba Irie

Shino Shirai

Isao Bitō

Seitaroh Shirai

Reiko Oimori

Yuriko Uchimura

Toshiki Ayata

Head Teacher

Toshie Negishi

Kinue Fujiwara

Takeshi Kusaka

Johshin Goda

Yuriko Ishida

Woman in White Dress

Hajime Izu

School Principal

Aki Kajiwara

Kazuko Hashima

Ryo Amamiya

Kazuo Tanaka

Sabu Kawahara

Plant Manager

Kaori Takahashi

Emiko Ishikawa

Kaori Kobayashi

Teacher Momoko

Takehiko Maeda

Saburoh Hashima

Haruo Oguri

Michiko Takeda

Yasuko Ohisa

Teacher Usui

Hiroshi Katsuno

Bridegroom

Yoko Minamino

Sound Truck Girl

Kōen Okumura

Sound Truck Driver

Toshinori Omi

Sugimoto Fujiwara

Kotomi Takimoto

Etsuko Taniguchi

Shiro Sano

Noritane Itoh

Tomoka Shibayama

Sachiyo Karamoto

Ryoko Takizawa

Megumi Hikiji

Shin Yasuda

Yoshiharu Nishimura

Hitoshi Ōmae

Monster in Dream

Aiko Asano

Dream Girl

Crew

Nobuhiko Obayashi

Director, Editor

Fumio Ishimori

Screenplay

Sunao Ashihara

Novel

Kenji Hagiwara

Director of Photography

Kuniyoshi Kawashima

Producer

Kyōko Ōbayashi

Producer

Hideo Sasai

Producer

Masatoshi Yokomizo

Sound

Joe Hisaishi

Original Music Composer

Kazuo Satsuya

Art Direction