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The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue

The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue

Can loneliness be experienced together?

Genres

Drama

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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.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$59989

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

108 mins

Rating

6.8/10

Release Date

13 February 2017

Country

Japan

Cast

Shizuka Ishibashi

Shizuka Ishibashi

Mika

Sosuke Ikematsu

Sosuke Ikematsu

Shinji

Ryuhei Matsuda

Ryuhei Matsuda

Tomoyuki

Mikako Ichikawa

Mikako Ichikawa

Mika's Mother

Tetsushi Tanaka

Tetsushi Tanaka

Iwashita

Ryo Sato

Ryo Sato

Rei

Takahiro Miura

Takahiro Miura

Makita

Yoshimi Nozaki

Yoshimi Nozaki

Ryoko

Paul Magsalin

Paul Magsalin

Andres

Natsuki Satou

Natsuki Satou

Mika's Younger Sister

Bokuzo Masana

Bokuzo Masana

President

Reiko Tajima

Reiko Tajima

Patient

Hiroko Isayama

Hiroko Isayama

Chinese Restaurant Employee

Sakiko Bokumoto

Sakiko Bokumoto

Woman

Minori Tokuhashi

Minori Tokuhashi

Nurse

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