Hot Road (2014)

Overview : Teenager Kazuki Miyaichi has always felt unloved by her mother due the circumstances surrounding her birth. Because she harbors anxiety and perceives herself as being worthless to others, she engages in acts of juvenile delinquency. One day, a transfer student from Yokohama named Eri introduces her to Hiroshi Haruyama, a reckless youth who’s a member of the “Nights” motorcycle gang. Kazuki finds herself increasingly drawn to Hiroshi over time, but he soon becomes leader of the Nights and gets caught up in a conflict with a rival gang.

Release Date : August 16, 2014

Runtime : 119m

Genre : Drama  

Companies : Shochiku, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company, Fukuoka Broadcasting System, Hiroshima Telecasting, LesPros Entertainment, Miyagi Television Broadcasting, Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company, Shizuoka Daiichi Television, Shueisha, VAP, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation

Countries : Japan

Keywords : infidelity, friendship, paralysis, stepfather, romance, love, unrequited love, bromance, based on manga, older man younger woman relationship, motorcycle, motorcycle gang, mental illness, first love, injury, street fight, sexual assault, lonely, life lessons, cohabitation, mother daughter relationship, teenage, absent mother