The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
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Directed by | Yuya Ishii |
Screenplay by | Yuya Ishii |
Based on | |
Starring | Shizuka Ishibashi Sosuke Ikematsu Tetsushi Tanaka Ryuhei Matsuda Mikako Ichikawa Takahiro Miura |
Cinematography | |
Edited by | |
Music by | Takashi Watanabe |
Production companies | Film-Makers |
Distributed by | TV Tokyo |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (Japanese: 夜空はいつでも最高密度の青色だ, Hepburn: Yozora wa itsu demo saikō mitsudo no aoiro da)[1] is a 2017 Japanese romantic drama[2] film directed by Yuya Ishii.[3] It is based on a book of poetry of the same name written by and published in 2016.[4]
The film premiered at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival.[3][1] It features the song "New World" by .[5]
Plot[]
The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue follows the relationship between two young adults, half-blind construction worker Shinji[2] and nurse-cum-bartender Mika.[3]
Cast[]
- Shizuka Ishibashi as Mika
- Sosuke Ikematsu as Shinji[1]
- Tetsushi Tanaka
- Ryuhei Matsuda
- Paul Magsalin
- Mikako Ichikawa
- Ryo Sato
- Takahiro Miura
Reception[]
Reviewing the film after its showing at the Berlin Film Festival, The Hollywood Reporter's Deborah Young called The Tokyo Night Sky... "an earnest, at times poetic, drama about teen alienation".[3] Writing for the South China Morning Post, James Marsh said the film "sets itself apart from more commercial romantic fare", but observed that "the narrative seems reluctant to bring its protagonists company".[2]
Mark Schilling, reviewing the film for The Japan Times, found that the movie's "realism... and [its] poetic love story, with coincidence piled on incredible coincidence, make for an ungainly fit", also noting that "the dialogue, much of which seems to have been lifted from Saihate's work, often sounds like nothing anyone would actually say".[4]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue". Japan Society. July 14, 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Marsh, James (December 12, 2017). "Film review: Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue – Yuya Ishii and poet Tahi Saihate collaborate for raw youth drama". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Young, Deborah (February 13, 2017). "'The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Schilling, Mark (May 10, 2017). "A love story that's overly dense with prose". The Japan Times. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ "ミイラズ「NEW WORLD」が石井裕也監督最新作『映画 夜空はいつでも 最高密度の青色だ』エンディング曲に起用決定!". The Mirraz (in Japanese). December 27, 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
Further reading[]
- Saihate, Tahi (May 17, 2016). 夜空はいつでも最高密度の青色だ [Yozora wa itsudemo saiko mitsudo no aoiro da] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Little More. ISBN 9784898154397. OCLC 949917225.
External links[]
- 2017 films
- Japanese-language films
- Japanese films
- Best Film Kinema Junpo Award winners
- Films directed by Yuya Ishii
- Berlin International Film Festival