DEAD RUN Asian New Classics

Shuji reacts passively to everything: his brother’s aggression, his parents indifference and the confession of a guilt-ridden priest. He feels powerless to act until Eri, an enigmatic girl obsessed with running, leaves their small town for Tokyo and Shuji is compelled to follow her.

DEAD RUN tells the story of Shuji, a disillusioned young Japanese boy whose family’s falling apart. Desperate to find some meaning and purpose to his life, Shuji befriends a priest who has come to town to set up a church. Shuji finds comfort in the Bible and the rituals of Christianity, despite his older brother’s insistence that the And it is in the church that Shuji meets Eri.

Shuji’s search for Eri takes him into Tokyo’s criminal underworld, unleashing an uncertain future that is void of morality and the love that Shuji is so desperate to secure.