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Kanji | ションベン・ライダー | ||||
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Directed by | Shinji Sōmai | ||||
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Story by | Leonard Schrader | ||||
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Edited by | Akira Suzuki | ||||
Music by | Katsu Hoshi | ||||
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Distributed by | Toho | ||||
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Running time | 118 Minutes | ||||
Country | Japan | ||||
Language | Japanese |
P.P. Rider ( Japanese: ションベン・ライダー, Hepburn: Shonben Raidâ) is a 1983 Japanese teen yakuza film directed by Shinji Sōmai. The film centers on three adolescents in search of their kidnapped classmate. [1]
P.P. Rider was produced by Kitty Films with whom Sōmai had previously collaborated on 1980's Tonda Couple. Sōmai's final cut of the P.P. Rider was four hours long; he had to cut the runtime in half as the film was intended to run as part of a double feature. [2]
The film was released in Japan by Toho on February 11, 1983, as a double feature with Urusei Yatsura: Only You. [3]
In 2023 P.P. Rider was restored for distribution in the United States by the Cinema Guild, who collaborated with Japan Society to present the film as part of a Shinji Sōmai retrospective. The restoration was screened in previews throughout the year and premiered at the IFC Center in Manhattan on September 8, 2023, alongside a new 4K restoration of Typhoon Club, another film by Sōmai. [1] [4] [5]
P.P. Rider | |||||
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Japanese name | |||||
Kanji | ションベン・ライダー | ||||
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Directed by | Shinji Sōmai | ||||
Screenplay by |
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Story by | Leonard Schrader | ||||
Starring | |||||
Cinematography |
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Edited by | Akira Suzuki | ||||
Music by | Katsu Hoshi | ||||
Production company | |||||
Distributed by | Toho | ||||
Release date |
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Running time | 118 Minutes | ||||
Country | Japan | ||||
Language | Japanese |
P.P. Rider ( Japanese: ションベン・ライダー, Hepburn: Shonben Raidâ) is a 1983 Japanese teen yakuza film directed by Shinji Sōmai. The film centers on three adolescents in search of their kidnapped classmate. [1]
P.P. Rider was produced by Kitty Films with whom Sōmai had previously collaborated on 1980's Tonda Couple. Sōmai's final cut of the P.P. Rider was four hours long; he had to cut the runtime in half as the film was intended to run as part of a double feature. [2]
The film was released in Japan by Toho on February 11, 1983, as a double feature with Urusei Yatsura: Only You. [3]
In 2023 P.P. Rider was restored for distribution in the United States by the Cinema Guild, who collaborated with Japan Society to present the film as part of a Shinji Sōmai retrospective. The restoration was screened in previews throughout the year and premiered at the IFC Center in Manhattan on September 8, 2023, alongside a new 4K restoration of Typhoon Club, another film by Sōmai. [1] [4] [5]