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The Blue Light is a film of genre Drama directed by Yukio Ninagawa with Kazunari Ninomiya
The Blue Light (2003)
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Add to a movie listAo no Honō (青の炎, The Blue Flame, internationally known as The Blue Light) is a 2003 Japanese film based on the novel of the same name by Yusuke Kishi, directed and co-written by Yukio Ninagawa, and starring Kazunari Ninomiya and Aya Matsuura. The film portrays Ninomiya playing Shūichi, a high school student finding a way to get rid of his stepfather, who returns home and begins to terrorize his family.
Ao no Honō was released in Japan on March 15, 2003 and was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 15, 2003.
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Shūichi Kushimori (Kazunari Ninomiya) lives with this mother Yūko (Kumiko Akiyoshi) and younger stepsister Haruka (Anne Suzuki). One day, his estranged stepfather Ryūji Sone (Kansai Yamamoto) suddenly returns home and begins to freeload off his family. After Shūichi encounters what appeared to be Sone making sexual advances towards Haruka one night, he tries to get rid of Sone. However, Shūichi discovers that it is impossible to do so legally.Actors
Kazunari Ninomiya
(Shuuichi Kushimori)
Aya Matsuura
(Noriko Fukuhara)
Anne Suzuki
(Haruka Kushimori)
Kumiko Akiyoshi
(Yuuko Kushimori)
Naoto Takenaka
(Shishobako no Otoko)
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