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The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
“Can loneliness be experienced together?”
6.8 / 10• 2017• 1h 48m•NR• Japanese
Drama
Storyline
Mika works as a nurse by day; by night she entertains covetous men at a girls' bar. Shinji is blind in one eye and ekes out a living as a construction worker. Young and grown-up at the same time, they both lead a lonely existence, but somehow their paths keep miraculously crossing under the Tokyo sky.
Cast & Crew
Shizuka Ishibashi
Mika
Lead
Sosuke Ikematsu
Shinji
Ryuhei Matsuda
Tomoyuki
Mikako Ichikawa
Mika's Mother
Tetsushi Tanaka
Iwashita
Ryo Sato
Rei
Takahiro Miura
Makita
YN
Yoshimi Nozaki
Ryoko
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Yuya Ishii's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
