Night's Tightrope

2016 Japanese film

8 October 2016 (2016-10-08)

Running time

120 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese

Night's Tightrope, known in Japan as Shōjo (少女), is a Japanese film directed by Yukiko Mishima, based on author Kanae Minato's novel of the same name.^[1]^[2] The theme song "Yami ni me o Koraseba" (闇に目を凝らせば) was written and performed specifically for the film by the rock band Glim Spanky at the request of Mishima.^[3]

Plot

Yuki (Tsubasa Honda) is a second year high school student. She volunteers at a paediatrics ward for her summer vacation, because she wants to witness the moment a person dies. She got that thought after feeling envious of a transfer student's story of seeing a friend's dead body.

Yuki has friend named Atsuko (Mizuki Yamamoto). She was bullied in the past and has anxiety issues. She volunteers at a nursing home for her summer vacation, hoping that she will gain courage if she sees the moment a person dies.

Cast

Tsubasa Honda as Yuki Sakurai
Mizuki Yamamoto as Atsuko Kusano
Mackenyu as Hikaru Makise
Ryō Satō as Shiori Takizawa
Kazuya Kojima as Kazuki Ogura
Daikichi Sugawara
Shizuka Ishibashi as Classmate
Maiko Kawakami
Guin-Poon-Chaw
Kazuko Shirakawa
Goro Inagaki as Takao Takao

References

^ "少女". movie walker. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
^ *Johnson, Travis (November 23, 2016), "Yukiko Mishima: Walking the Line with Night's Tightrope", Filmink
^ "MOSHI MOSHI NIPPON interview Japan's flagship rockers GLIM SPANKY on their music". Moshi Moshi Nippon. 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2019-01-07.