Kacuben!

Shuntaro Someya (Ryo Narita) dreams of becoming a katsudo benshi (beloved performers who provide live narration to silent films) and captivate viewers with narrations that stir their hearts. However, he currently works with a group of thieves as a phony katsudo benshi and decides to run away to Aoki-kan, a small town with a famous theater. The screenings at Aoki-kan are always empty, however, after losing its staff and customers to a rival theater in a neighboring town. Nevertheless, Shuntaro is excited at the prospect of finally becoming a real katsudo benshi, but the theater is full of over-the-top individuals - the owner of the theater and his wife treat him like a slave, their current katsudo benshi is always drunk, a vain and arrogant competitor, and a cantankerous, hard-to-please projectionist. When he is reunited with his first childhood love (Yuina Kuroshima), Shuntaro finds the courage to summon his voice and become a katsudo benshi star. (Hawaii International Film Festival)