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Director
  
Hiroshi Ando

Country
  
Japan

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Language
  
Japanese

Poster of Blue, a 2002 Japanese romantic drama starring Mikako Ichikawa as Kayako Kirishima with a serious face while looking above, wearing a black vest over white polo shirt.

Release date
  
2001 (2001)

Writer
  
Kiriko Nananan (comic), Yuka Honcho (screenplay)


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Blue is a 2002 Japanese romantic drama directed by Hiroshi Ando based on the manga of the same name by Kiriko Nananan. The film stars Mikako Ichikawa as Kayako Kirishima and Manami Konishi as Masami Endo. The film was first shown at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2002, and was released in Japanese theaters in 2003.

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Mikako Ichikawa as Kayako Kirishima and Manami Konishi as Masami Endo talking with each other on a beach and wearing their school uniforms in a scene from Blue, a 2002 Japanese romantic drama.

The film is about two teenage girls, Kayako Kirishima and Masami Endō, who . find their friendship turning into something more.

Mikako Ichikawa as Kayako Kirishima and Manami Konishi as Masami Endo kissing scene from Blue, a 2002 Japanese romantic drama.

Plot

Mikako Ichikawa as Kayako Kirishima with a serious face while looking above, wearing a black vest over a white polo shirt.

Kayako Kirishima, in her third year at a high school, feels a sense of isolation in school life and vague admiration and uneasiness about 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

Mikako Ichikawa as Kayako Kirishima and Manami Konishi as Masami Endo with serious faces while on a beach and wearing their school uniforms in a scene from Blue, a 2002 Japanese romantic drama.

  • 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 man

    • Awards

    Mikako Ichikawa as Kayako Kirishima and Manami Konishi as Masami Endo with serious faces while at the school playground and wearing their school uniforms in a scene from Blue, a 2002 Japanese romantic drama.

  • 24th Moscow International Film Festival : Best Actress Prize (Mikako Ichikawa)

    • Location

    Mikako Ichikawa as Kayako Kirishima and Manami Konishi as Masami Endo holding hands and wearing their school uniforms in a scene from Blue, a 2002 Japanese romantic drama.

  • Niigata
  • Bandai Bridge
  • Furumachi
  • Niigata Station
  • Takaoka, Toyama

    • References

    Blue (2001 film) Wikipedia
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    Blue (2001 film) IMDb Blue (2001 film) themoviedb.org