Atsushi Kuwayama

世界的大ヒットのドライビングゲーム「グランツーリスモ」のプレイに夢中なヤン。父親からは「レーサーにでもなるつもりか、現実を見ろ」とあきれられる日々。そんなヤンにビッグチャンスが訪れる。世界中から集められた「グランツーリスモ」のトッププレイヤーたちを、本物の国際カーレースに出場するプロレーサーとして育成するため、競い合わせて選抜するプログラム「GTアカデミー」だ。プレイヤーの並外れた才能と可能性を信じて「GTアカデミー」を立ち上げたひとりの男と、ゲーマーなんかが通用する甘い世界ではないと思いながらも指導を引き受ける元レーサー、そしてバーチャルなゲームの世界では百戦錬磨のトッププレイヤーたちがそこに集結。彼らが直面する、想像を絶するトレーニングやアクシデントの数々。不可能な夢へ向かって、それぞれの希望や友情、そして葛藤と挫折が交錯する中で、いよいよ運命のデビュー戦の日を迎える―。

Games of “socialist” Monopoly were played in the Soviet Union: for the Hungarian version, called “Manage your money wisely”, the first to furnish an apartment would win the game. Four players meet before Thiago Carvalhaes’s camera to throw the dice once again, reliving, through interspersed archives, their memory of communist Budapest and what it has become under Orban.

Games of “socialist” Monopoly were played in the Soviet Union: for the Hungarian version, called “Manage your money wisely”, the first to furnish an apartment would win the game. Four players meet before Thiago Carvalhaes’s camera to throw the dice once again, reliving, through interspersed archives, their memory of communist Budapest and what it has become under Orban.

A Japanese man called Sushi sets off travelling in a camper that is the same age as him, in southern Portugal. He is looking for a legendary spring that could cure his broken heart. On the road, the door of his vehicle opens onto many encounters. Stumbling along, the people he meets and the drinks he shares will help him find his way and question what love is.

A Japanese man called Sushi sets off travelling in a camper that is the same age as him, in southern Portugal. He is looking for a legendary spring that could cure his broken heart. On the road, the door of his vehicle opens onto many encounters. Stumbling along, the people he meets and the drinks he shares will help him find his way and question what love is.

A Japanese man called Sushi sets off travelling in a camper that is the same age as him, in southern Portugal. He is looking for a legendary spring that could cure his broken heart. On the road, the door of his vehicle opens onto many encounters. Stumbling along, the people he meets and the drinks he shares will help him find his way and question what love is.

A Japanese man called Sushi sets off travelling in a camper that is the same age as him, in southern Portugal. He is looking for a legendary spring that could cure his broken heart. On the road, the door of his vehicle opens onto many encounters. Stumbling along, the people he meets and the drinks he shares will help him find his way and question what love is.

One night in Lisbon, a Japanese man helps an elderly Portuguese woman on crutches ascend a massive set of stairs. Their amusing encounter and surprising connection, despite major language barriers, rivals any Richard Linklater romance or Aaron Sorkin walk-and-talk for humour and admission.