Blue Period

2024 1h 55m JA

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7.3

SOLID

★7.3TMDB · 8

DramaComedy

Synopsis

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Yatora is the perfect high school student, with good grades and lots of friends. It's an effortless performance, and, ultimately… a dull one. But he wanders into the art room one day, and a lone painting captures his eye, awakening him to a kind of beauty he never knew. Compelled and consumed, he dives in headfirst—and he's about to learn how savage and unforgiving art can be!

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Gordon Maeda
Yatora Yaguchi
Fumiya Takahashi
Yuka
Rihito Itagaki
Yotasuke Takahashi
Hiyori Sakurada
Maru Mori
Sena Nakajima
Maki Kuwana
Ikuho Akiya
Haruka Hashida
Katsumi Hyodo
Koigakubo
Masaki Miura
Goto

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kentaro Hagiwara
Writers: Reiko Yoshida
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kentaro Hagiwara, shot by Mitsuoka Hyogo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Youki Kojima. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Kenichi Hirai shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Gordon Maeda and Fumiya Takahashi and Rihito Itagaki carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt31987050 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 8 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Kentaro Hagiwara directs. Mitsuoka Hyogo behind the camera. Youki Kojima scores. Kenichi Hirai cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 2 years ago.
2Directed by Kentaro Hagiwara, shot by Mitsuoka Hyogo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Youki Kojima. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Kenichi Hirai shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Gordon Maeda and Fumiya Takahashi and Rihito Itagaki carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt31987050 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 8 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Mitsuoka Hyogo
Original score: Youki Kojima
Editing: Kenichi Hirai
Production design: Yui Miyamori
Runtime: 115 min · 1h 55m
Status: Released
Box office: $766,313
Original language: JA
IMDB: Blue Period (2024)

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kinrich302026-08-29
★ 9/10
This is the story of a guy finishing high school and attempting to pass the tests to be accepted into an art college. The story is not a gay story; actually we never learn the main character's orientation at all, it basically has no romance. I'm including this here because he has a friend, played by a male, who dresses as a female throughout the movie and also has a boyfriend. While the friend's orientation is not revealed, they are clearly not straight. Also, the main star has a "cheeky" scene near the end of the movie. It was a good movie and a good watch as he matures and learns what he really wants to do with his life and what art means to him.

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