Autobike Shojo

Plot

Musician and actor turned filmmaker Morio Agata directs this subtly wrought tale of recrimination and reconciliation, based on a manga written by Oji Suzuki. Seventeen-year-old Minoru (Natsuo Ishido) -- a leather-clad lass with cropped hair who radiates teenaged rebellion -- sets out on her motorcycle to find her father, who abandoned her as baby. With her mother's blessing, she journeys from Tokyo to the northern island of Hokkaido. Along the way, she encounters a series of characters who include an oafish truck driver, a rakish film projectionist, and a weird middle-aged amateur magician. She discovers that her father (played by director Agata) is a successful manga artist with a new wife and family, and the reunion between father and daughter proves to be awkward. Minoru's father tries to make amends but is reluctant to be little more than a friend to her, a role she is not willing to accept. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi

Credit

Morio Agata - Director

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