Runway Beat (Blu-ray) (Haute Couture Edition) (English Subtitled)
(Japan Version)

Product Description

After dealing with the trials & tribulations of a young rocker in the two Nana movies, director Otani Kentaro turns his attention to a young aspiring fashion designer in Runway Beat, based on a popular cell phone novel by Harada Maha. The youth drama, adapted by Solanin scriptwriter Takahashi Izumi, stars D-Boys Seto Koji as a transfer student who brings his new classmates together to put on a big year-end fashion show at their high school. The "e;runway"e; in the films title refers to both the runway in a fashion show & a figurative runway for the characters as they take off into adulthood. Producer Mase Yasuhiro ( Departures) said that he was inspired to make a youth film after going to a Funky Monkey Babys concert, & the group provides the films theme song here.

Beat (Seto Koji) is an emotionally troubled youth who is entering a new high school. There, he meets a group of new friends, including Mei (Sakuraba Nanami), her friend Anna (Imalu), model Miki (Kiritani Mirei), & otaku Satoru (Tanaka Kei). A talented fashion designer, Beat eventually convinces his new friends to come together & put on a fashion show at the end of the school year. In the process, the classmates find friendship in each other, & Beat may even find love with Mei.

Haute Couture 3D Blu-ray Edition

Includes:: both 2D & 3D versions of the film (3D TV & Blu-ray player required for 3D version). It also comes with a bonus DVD with making of, deleted scenes, cast interview, a roundtable discussion, stage event, a special comment by Funky Monkey Babys, & trailers.