- Blue (2001 film)
Infobox Film
name = Blue
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director =Hiroshi Ando
producer =Dai Miyazaki
writer =Yuka Honcho
starring =Mikako Ichikawa Manami Konishi Asami Imajuku Jun Murakami
music =Yoshihide Otomo
cinematography =Kazuhiro Suzuki
editing =Nobuko Tomita
distributor =
released =2001
runtime = 116 min.
country = JPN
language = Japanese
budget =
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imdb_id = 0326773"Blue" (2001) is a Japanese
romantic drama directed byHiroshi Ando based onBlue (manga) byKiriko Nananan . The film starsMikako Ichikawa as Kayako Kirishima andManami Konishi as Masami Endo. The movie was released in Japanese theaters in 2001, and the DVD version was released onMarch 29 ,2003 .The film is about two teenage girls, Kayako Kirishima and Masami Endō, who find their friendship turning into something more.
tory
Kayako Kirishima of the third grade at a high school feels a sense of isolation in school life and vague admiration and uneasiness in the future. One day she makes friends with Endō who is isolated from her surroundings because she remained in the same class for another year. Kayako is strongly attracted by Endō who shows her a world that she didn't know.
Cast
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Mikako Ichikawa as Kayako Kirishima
*Manami Konishi as Masami Endō
*Asami Imajuku as Mieko Nakano
*Ayano Nakamura as Chika Watanabe
*Yōko Hirayama as Sumida Emiko
*Ayaka Ota as Ayana Murai
*Sosuke Takaoka as Mizuuchi Manabu
*Tasuku Amagishi as Atsushi Kirishima
*Jun Murakami as older manAwards
*2002.
Moscow International Film Festival : The best actress Prize (Mikako Ichikawa)Location
*Niigata
**Bandai Bridge
**Furumachi
**Niigata Station
*Takaoka, Toyama External links
*imdb title|id=0326773|title=Blue
* [http://www.niigatalocation.net/blue/index.html Blue Support Page]
* [http://www.cinematopics.com/cinema/works/output2.php?oid=2444 Blue Cinema Topics]
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