The Official Trailer For NUNCHAKU AND SOUL Will Either Have You Dancing, Or Running And Screaming
Writer/director Koba Akiyoshi’s debut, Nunchaku and Soul, is gearing up for a world premiere at the 14th Osaka Asian Film Festival. The line-up is packed with genre faves and indie delights, one of which thusfar includes Koba’s film which sits among ten other titles for the Indie Forum. Numata is a shy, bespectacled beanpole of a middle-aged guy who manages a restaurant. His only charm point, if you can call it that, is his ability to use nunchaku, a weapon he became obsessed with as a child but never really had any call to use in actual combat. An encounter with a cute woman named Reiko leads him to attend a dance class and the chance to win her heart in a dance contest. Alas, Numata doesn’t have the moves… Meanwhile, across town, Soma, a funk soul brother, is facing the breakup of his long-running band. The other members are […]