Blue Sky

Blue Sky

1989•1h 1m

Drama

A road movie about three persons traveling in a campervan on their way to Tokyo, Hamamatsu, and Kyoto. The film is based on the story of the heroine, a young girl named Momo, who was a member of the "21 Faces of Kaijin" gang involved in the Glico Morinaga Incident, and the film's ideas are remarkable, including the use of a tape recording of the actual incident.

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Production

Kokuei Company

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Sayoko Nakajima

Momo

Takeshi Itō

Takeshi Itō

Jintan

Shirō Shimomoto

Shirō Shimomoto

Kiyomi Itō

Kiyomi Itō

Akemi

Minehiko Kobayashi

Tomofumi Kose

Awaji Mabuse

Hiroyuki Hakamada

Masahiro Sugiyama

Akiyoshi Narita

Shôichi Arata

Tokeru Murakami

Kenji Inoue

Ichido Takeda

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