The Kumamoto Dormitory
2012, Japanese. Directed by Gôichi Mine.
Born and raised in Kumamoto, Mine Goichi went to Tama Art University and spent four student years living in the Yuhigakusha Dormitory in Tokyo, a rather basic home-away-from-home for kids from Kumamoto. It’s not much of a stretch to see The Kumamoto Dormitory as a piece of disguised autobiography, shot through with documentary elements. It centres on two slackers in the dorm: Daikichi (played by Mine himself) wants to be a movie stunt-man, while his friend Tenshi (Iida Kaoru, who also acts in All Day) is an aspiring director. But the films they talk about while drinking are never going to get made, and Daikichi’s one-night-stand with a girl who believed his bullshit jeopardizes his most daring stunt: a jump from a rooftop with his feet tied.
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 1 August 2012
- Original title
- 故郷の詩
- Country
- Japan
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The Kumamoto Dormitory isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 August 2012. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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The Kumamoto Dormitory (2012) was directed by Gôichi Mine and stars Gôichi Mine, Kaoru Iida.