Happy-Go-Lucky
1997, Japanese. Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima.
Takashi and four of his classmates, fourth-grade students, cannot succeed in doing a forward pullover around a horizontal bar. Their P.E. teacher warns them: they have one week to succeed; if they resign now, then, tomorrow, facing life difficulties, they will always run away and become bums.
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 17 March 1997
- Original title
- 夏時間の大人たち
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Tetsuya Nakashima
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Happy-Go-Lucky runs 73 minutes (1h 13m).
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Happy-Go-Lucky isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 17 March 1997. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
What movies are like Happy-Go-Lucky?
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Who directed Happy-Go-Lucky?
Happy-Go-Lucky (1997) was directed by Tetsuya Nakashima and stars Hidaka Yoshitomo, Nagi Noriko, Ittoku Kishibe.