Kimi no Tori wa Utaeru

[Machine Translation] This is the fourth film adaptation of Yasushi Sato's novel, following "Sketches of Kaitan City", "There but for Light" and "Over Fence". The film is directed by Sho Miyake, an up-and-coming director who has produced ambitious works such as "Playback" and "The Cockpit. The story is boldly adapted for the modern age by moving the setting from Tokyo to Hakodate, while maintaining the framework of the original story. The narrator "I" is played by Tasuku Emoto (A Lovely Dynamite Scandal). His friend Shizuo is played by young and talented actor Shota Sometani. The heroine is played by Shizuka Ishibashi, who won many awards for her role in "The Night Sky is Always Densely Blue. --Shizuo is unemployed and lives with "Boku" who works at a bookstore in the suburbs of Hakodate. Sachiko, who works at the same bookstore as "I", joins them, and the three of them drink, dance, and laugh together throughout the night. However, their happy days, which are built on a delicate balance, are always accompanied by a sense of foreboding of the end.... This is a coming-of-age film for those of us who live in the present, made by young talented actors and an up-and-coming director, and reflecting the smell of Hakodate and the light of summer as it is.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: audio commentary, making-of, trailer(s)

『海炭市叙景』『そこのみにて光輝く』『オーバー・フェンス』に続く、佐藤泰志の小説の映画化4作目。監督を務めたのは、『Playback』『THE COCKPIT』など意欲的な作品を制作してきた新鋭・三宅唱。原作の骨格はそのままに、舞台を東京から函館へ移し、現代の物語として大胆に翻案した。語り手である「僕」を演じるのは、『素敵なダイナマイトスキャンダル』の柄本佑。友人・静雄役は、若手実力派俳優の染谷将太。ヒロインには『映画 夜空はいつでも最高密度の青色だ』で数多くの賞を獲得した石橋静河。――函館郊外の書店で働く「僕」と一緒に暮らす失業中の静雄。「僕」と同じ書店で働く佐知子が加わり、3人は、夜通し酒を飲み、踊り、笑いあう。だが微妙なバランスのなかで成り立つ彼らの幸福な日々は、いつも終わりの予感と共にあった・・・。函館の街の匂い、夏の光をそのままに映し出し、若手実力派俳優と新鋭監督がつくりだした、今を生きる私たちのための青春映画。

特典映像: オーディオコメンタリー、メイキング、予告編