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The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
Can loneliness be experienced together?
Genres
Drama
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$59989
Runtime
108 min
Release Date
2017-02-13
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
25
Vote Average
6.8
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Shizuka Ishibashi
Mika
Sosuke Ikematsu
Shinji
Ryuhei Matsuda
Tomoyuki
Mikako Ichikawa
Mika's Mother
Tetsushi Tanaka
Iwashita
Ryo Sato
Rei
Takahiro Miura
Makita
Yoshimi Nozaki
Ryoko
Paul Magsalin
Andres
Natsuki Satou
Mika's Younger Sister
Bokuzo Masana
President
Reiko Tajima
Patient
Hiroko Isayama
Chinese Restaurant Employee
Sakiko Bokumoto
Woman
Minori Tokuhashi
Nurse
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