Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme: I’ll Give It My All...Tomorrow

俺はまだ本気出してないだけ (Ore wa mada honki dashitenai dake)

Fed-up forty-something Shizuo (Shinichi Tsutsumi) quits his secure job to become a full-time slacker, embarking on a reluctant pursuit to follow his true dreams. Despite now spending most of his time hanging around the house in his underwear playing video games and working part-time at a fast-food restaurant, Shizuo eventually comes to realise his true passion in life: Manga! Without much preparation or any skill, Shizuo starts working on his masterpiece…

Adapted from Shunju Aono’s popular manga series, this comedy by Yuichi Fukuda (the director behind HK: Forbidden Super Hero) follows the mid-life crisis of a loveable lazybones trying to find his calling. It will no doubt delight many aspiring manga writers of all stages of their lives!

I’ll Give It My All...Tomorrow, dir. Yuichi Fukuda, Japan 2013, 105 mins, Japanese with English subtitles

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The ICA Cinema is now completely ad-free. Please note that there will be no trailers shown before this feature. This film is rated PG.