The Blue Light (2003)
"Ao no hono-o" (original title)

Shuichi Kushimori is a 17-year-old student who lives a happy life with his mother and his sister. Without warning... See full synopsis »

Director:

Yukio Ninagawa

Writers:

Yukio Ninagawa (screenplay), Takuya Miyawaki (screenplay),

Stars:

Kazunari Ninomiya, Aya Matsuura, Kumiko Akiyoshi

Cast

Credited cast:
Kazunari Ninomiya	...	Shuuichi Kushimori
Aya Matsuura	...	Noriko Fukuhara
Kumiko Akiyoshi	...	Yuuko Kushimori
Kansai Yamamoto	...	Ryuji Sone
Baijaku Nakamura	...	Eiji Yamamoto
Anne Suzuki	...	Haruka Kushimori
Naomasa Musaka	...	Masashi Kano
Toshiaki Karasawa	...	Shintaro Kanzaki
Naoto Takenaka	...	Shishobako no Otoko
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mike Han
Yôsuke Kawamura

Storyline

Shuichi Kushimori is a 17-year-old student who lives a happy life with his mother and his sister. Without warning... See full synopsis »

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Plot Keywords:

lawyer | stepfather | domestic violence | second husband | investigation | 

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Genres:

Drama | Crime | Romance

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

15 March 2003 (Japan)

Also Known As:

The Blue Light

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

'Ao no hono-o' Seisaku-Iinkai, Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Asmik Ace Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

Great Japanese movie

This great Japanese movie is for people that have the hability to watch non-American movies, non-Hollywood movies. Not that it is slow, boring, cult, or anything, is just because this film contains very subtle references to Japanese culture. Anyway this is a very basic script filmed in a very poetic way. The film has everything: emotion, action, and drama. The film has centered its action in life of a 17-year old Japanese boy that drinks whiskey at night alone in his very particular room. The drama around the mess that his family bonds have become, is the driver for an astonishing snowball of events. He won't list his favourite things to the girl that follows his action days, but in the end the list goes on and on and keeps emotioning the viewer until a point of... Very good movie.