Editing Blue (2002 film)

{{Infobox film
| name = Blue
| image = BlueDVDcover.jpg
| caption = 
| director = [[Hiroshi Ando]]
| producer = Dai Miyazaki
| writer = Yuka Honcho
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Blue (manga)|Blue]]''|[[Kiriko Nananan]]}}
| starring = [[Mikako Ichikawa]]<br>[[Manami Konishi]]
| cinematography = Kazuhiro Suzuki
| editing = Nobuko Tomita
| distributor = 
| released = {{Film date|2002}}
| runtime = 116 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| budget = 
}}

'''''<span lang="th" dir="ltr">Blue</span>''''' is a 2002 Japanese [[romantic drama]] directed by [[Hiroshi Ando]] based on the [[manga]] [[Blue (manga)|of the same name]] by [[Kiriko Nananan]].  The film stars [[Mikako Ichikawa]] as Kayako Kirishima and [[Manami Konishi]] as Masami Endo.  The film was first shown at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] in 2002,<ref>{{Citation|last=Ando|first=Hiroshi|title=Blue|date=2003-03-29|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0326773/releaseinfo|accessdate=2016-07-10}}</ref> and was released in Japanese theaters in 2003.

The film is about two teenage girls, Kayako Kirishima and Masami Endō, who find their friendship turning into something more.

==Plot==
Kayako Kirishima, in her third year at a high school, feels a sense of isolation in school life and vague admiration and uneasiness about the future. One day she makes friends with Endō, who is isolated from her surroundings because she remained in the same class for another year. Kayako is strongly attracted by Endō, who shows her a world that she didn't know.

==Cast==
* [[Mikako Ichikawa]] as Kayako Kirishima
* [[Manami Konishi]] as Masami Endō
* [[Asami Imajuku]] as Mieko Nakano
* [[Ayano Nakamura]] as Chika Watanabe
* [[Sosuke Takaoka]] as Mizuuchi Manabu
* [[Jun Murakami]] as Older man

==Reception==
''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called the film impressive but overlong.<ref name="variety">{{cite web |last1=Elley |first1=Derek |title=Reviews - Blue |url=https://variety.com/2002/film/reviews/blue-7-1200545591/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]] |access-date=10 March 2024 |date=8 October 2002}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[24th Moscow International Film Festival]] : Best Actress Prize (Mikako Ichikawa)<ref name="Moscow2002">{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2002 |title=24th Moscow International Film Festival (2002) |accessdate=2013-03-31 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328141921/http://moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2002 |archivedate=2013-03-28 }}</ref>

==Location==
*[[Niigata, Niigata|Niigata]]
**[[Bandai Bridge]]
**[[Furumachi (Niigata)|Furumachi]]
**[[Niigata Station]]
*[[Takaoka, Toyama]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0326773|title=Blue}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080110233758/http://www.niigatalocation.net/blue/index.html Blue Support Page] (archived) {{in lang|ja}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110721075929/http://www.cinematopics.com/cinema/works/output2.php?oid=2444 Blue Cinema Topics] (archived) {{in lang|ja}}

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[[Category:2002 films]]
[[Category:Live-action films based on manga]]
[[Category:Films set in Japan]]
[[Category:2000s Japanese-language films]]
[[Category:Lesbian-related films]]
[[Category:Japanese LGBTQ-related films]]
[[Category:2002 romantic drama films]]
[[Category:LGBTQ-related romantic drama films]]
[[Category:2002 LGBTQ-related films]]
[[Category:Japanese romantic drama films]]
[[Category:2000s Japanese films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Otomo Yoshihide]]


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