Ao no Honō

Infobox Film
name = Ao no Honō


caption =
director = Yukio Ninagawa
producer = Tsuguhiko Kadokawa Tamotsu Shiina
writer = Yukio Ninagawa (screenplay) Takuya Miyawaki (screenplay) Yūsuke Kishi (novel)
starring = Kazunari Ninomiya Anne Suzuki Aya Matsuura Kumiko Akiyoshi
music = Hideki Tougi
cinematography = Osamu Fujiishi
editing = Akimasa Kawashima
distributor = Toho
released = 2003
runtime = 116 min.
country = Japan
language = Japanese
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0400174

nihongo|"Ao no Honō"|青の炎|The Blue Light is a 2003 Japanese film directed by Yukio Ninagawa. It stars Ninomiya Kazunari (of the musical group Arashi) as Shūichi, a high school boy dealing with an abusive stepfather ruining his family. The film also stars Anne Suzuki as Shūichi's sister and Aya Matsuura as his girlfriend.

Plot

Shūichi Kushimori is a 17-year-old high school student who lives happily with his mother and stepsister.

One day, without warning, his estranged stepfather returns home from a long absence. He quickly falls into a circle of drinking and starts abusing his ex-wife and daughter.

When he begins making sexual advances towards Shūichi’s stepsister, Shūichi is compelled to take matters into his own hands.

Based on Yūsuke Kishi's novel of the same name.

Cast

*Kazunari Ninomiya as Shūichi Kushimori
*Aya Matsuura as Noriko Fukuhara
*Kumiko Akiyoshi as Yūko Kushimori
*Kansai Yamamoto as Ryūji Sone
*Baijaku Nakamura as Eiji Yamamoto
*Anne Suzuki as Haruka Kushimori
*Naomasa Rokudaira as Masashi Kano
*Toshiaki Karasawa as Shintarō Kanzaki
*Naoto Takenaka as Shishobako no Otoko

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0400174/ IMDB Entry for Ao no Honou]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqhZQ631S_k Trailer @ You Tube]