Cobalt Blue
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- Movie: Cobalt Blue
- Romaji: Gunjo
- Japanese: 群青 愛が沈んだ海の色
- Director: Yosuke Nakagawa
- Writer: Yosuke Nakagawa, Ayako Miyagi (novel)
- Producer: Naoki Hashimoto
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- Release Date: June 27, 2009
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- Studio: 20th Century Fox
- Distributor: 20th Century Fox
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Cobalt Blue is the story of three childhood friends—Ryoko (Masami Nagasawa), Kazuya (Shinji Rachi), and Daisuke (Seiji Fukushi)—who grow up together on a remote island of Okinawa.
Ryoko’s mother, Yukiko Morishita (Misato Tanaka), is a world-renowned pianist who arrives from Tokyo to recuperate from an illness.
She falls in love with a fisherman, Ryuji Nakamura, then marries him and gives birth to their daughter Ryoko shortly before passing away.
Two boys, Daisuke and Kazuya, are born the same year as Ryoko, and the three children grow up like brothers and sisters, but as they near adulthood, they each begin heading toward their own separate paths. Kazuya decides to remain on the island to become a fisherman, while Daisuke is accepted into an art school in Naha (on the main island of Okinawa), and Ryoko considers leaving the island to study nursing. But during the spring of their 18th year, Kazuya sings a song of love, “Tubarama,” to Ryoko, forever changing the relationship between the three friends...
Notes
- Film is based on a story by Ayako Miyagi, which was first serialized in a popular Japanese magazine.
- "Cobalt Blue" is 20th Century Fox's second native Japanese film.
- Film will include actress Masami Nagasawa's first ever love scene.
Cast
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| Masami Nagasawa | Seiji Fukushi | Kuranosuke Sasaki | Misato Tanaka | Shinji Rachi |
| Ryoko Nakamura | Daisuke Higa | Ryuji Nakamura | Yukiko Nakamura | Kazuya Uehara |
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Film Festivals
- 2009 (12th) Shanghai International Film Festival - June 13th-22nd
- 2009 (29th) Hawaii International Film Festival - October 15th-25th - Spotlight on Okinawa
