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At 205 minutes, this is a three-hour-plus commitment — longer than 95% of films ever made.
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Aoi Shushi wa Taiyou no Naka ni Aru
2015 3h 25m JA
Synopsis
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In the summer of 1963, flats of modern construction begin to be built in the slums where vagrants and women of the night gather. The city hall's plan is to house the slum dwellers in cultural housing, complete with gas and running water. Kenji, a construction worker, and Yumiko, a waitress at a late-night rest house, meet in the slum, but only at dusk. One day, a Korean worker falls from scaffolding at an apartment building site and dies. The site supervisor and city hall workers bury the corpse in the concrete foundations of the apartment building...
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Kazuya Kamenashi
Mitsuki Takahata
Naomasa Musaka
Marcia
Makiko Watanabe
Hatsuo Yamaya
Masakatsu Toriyama
Tsumami Edamame
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Yukio Ninagawa
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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The take
Yukio Ninagawa directs. Masataka Matsutōya scores. A long sit — settle in. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1At 205 minutes, this is a three-hour-plus commitment — longer than 95% of films ever made.
- 2Released 11 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Original score by Masataka Matsutōya. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Kazuya Kamenashi and Mitsuki Takahata and Naomasa Musaka carry the top of the cast.
The technical file
- Original score
- Masataka Matsutōya
- Runtime
- 205 min · 3h 25m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Yukio Ninagawa
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical (limited)2015-08-10
