

Breakthrough for Change
2015, Japanese. Directed by Daisuke Matsuda.
Akira, Takeshi, Yasu, and Shun are a gang of four close friends, all of whom were core members of their high-school ekiden team. Although they were stars back in those days, having slacked up their efforts subsequently, their daily life is lackluster now that the age of forty is just around the corner. They talk at a favorite local tavern just like they used to after Akira comes home giving up his dream to become an actor. Thinking back, they have never accomplished anything but ekiden, and they have unknowingly acquired a tendency to run away from problems in life in general. The phrase they cannot help muttering to themselves is how brilliant they were in those days… Feeling dispirited, they think of participating in the Shimanto Dragon Ride. A challenge for the four men in their late thirties begins…
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 7 February 2015
- Original title
- あらうんど四万十〜カールニカーラン〜
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Daisuke Matsuda
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Breakthrough for Change runs 112 minutes (1h 52m).
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Breakthrough for Change isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 February 2015. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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If you liked Breakthrough for Change, try The Yellow Handkerchief, Kikujiro, Madadayo.
Who directed Breakthrough for Change?
Breakthrough for Change (2015) was directed by Daisuke Matsuda and stars Yûsei Nishimura, Makoto Araki, Hiroshi Nose.