SS (manga)

SS
エスエス (Esu-Esu)
Genre	Action, Racing, Drama
Manga
Written by	Shohei Harumoto
Published by	Shogakukan
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Big Comic Superior
Original run	2000 – 2003
Volumes	9
Live-action film
Directed by	Yoshinori Kobayashi
Produced by	Hirokazu Okajima
Written by	Masashi Sogo
Studio	Toho
Released	January 12, 2008
Runtime	100 minutes

SS (エスエス, esu-esu, an abbreviation of Special Stage) is a manga by Shohei Harumoto which has been serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior between 2000 to 2003 over nine volumes. The manga has since been adapted into a live action movie by Toho.

Plot

The story revolves around Daibutsu, a middle aged former rally driver who lives with his wife Kumiko and their son. Daibutsu is a former rally driver, who used to participate in the All Japan Rally Championship. Daibutsu proceeded to go to his garage to rebuild his, Mitsubishi Starion 4WD, named Jackie, a Group B rally car which was banned at the end of the 1986 season. He then proceeds to sets his return to racing by challenging people on the street with his car.

Location

The street races are set on the Hakone Turnpike road and the Shuto Expressway.

Cast

• Show Aikawa as Daibutsu
• Kenichi Endo as Kurihara
• Noriko Sakai as Kumiko
• Teah as Kabuki
• Megumi as Girako
• Mickey Curtis as Nishiyama President
• Hideo Sakaki as Bunbuku
• Kentaro Nakakura as Yamazaki
• China Fukunaga as Naomi
• Nobuyoshi Kuwano as Takashi
• Aiko Koyatsu as Ana girl
• Mei Satsuki as Ranko
• Mariko Okubo as Natsumi
• Yasuka Saitoh as Akira
• Masashi Miyuki
• Ryohei Yamada
• Ayano Tachibana
• Yuria Kajiki
• Noriyaki Hayashi

Source

• Rally JAPAN: Rally cars for movie stars

External links

• (Japanese) Official site
• (Japanese) Movie trailer
• (Japanese) Booklist from official site
• (Japanese) Club"a"-SS-
• (Japanese) SS
• (Japanese) GANNOS Web Site - Talking about HALUMOTO Showhei's Works
• (Japanese) ビッグコミックスペリオール連載 哀川翔 主演映画「SS」にingsのデモカーが出演予定