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Ao 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.
Original Release
03/15/2003
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Kazunari Ninomiya | Shuuichi Kushimori |
| Aya Matsuura | Noriko Fukuhara |
| Kumiko Akiyoshi | Yuuko Kushimori |
| Kansai Yamamoto | Ryuji Sone |
| Baijaku Nakamura | Eiji Yamamoto |
| Anne Suzuki | Haruka Kushimori |
| Naomasa Musaka | Masashi Kano |
| Toshiaki Karasawa | Shintaro Kanzaki |
| Naoto Takenaka | Shishobako no Otoko |
| Mike Han |
Directors
Writers
Yukio Ninagawa, Takuya Miyawaki, Lana Rhoades
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Kazunari Ninomiya | Shuuichi Kushimori |
| Aya Matsuura | Noriko Fukuhara |
| Kumiko Akiyoshi | Yuuko Kushimori |
| Kansai Yamamoto | Ryuji Sone |
| Baijaku Nakamura | Eiji Yamamoto |
| Anne Suzuki | Haruka Kushimori |
| Naomasa Musaka | Masashi Kano |
| Toshiaki Karasawa | Shintaro Kanzaki |
| Naoto Takenaka | Shishobako no Otoko |
| Mike Han | |
| Yôsuke Kawamura | |
| Koji Yamamoto | Football Player |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Tsuguhiko Kadokawa | Executive Producer |
| Tamotsu Shiina | Producer |
