Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan, France, United Kingdom
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In Japanese — subtitles on.
The story
Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering on a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
- japan
- male homosexuality
- jidaigeki
- shinsengumi
- gay theme
- boys' love (bl)
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Takeshi Kitano
Toshizo Hijikata
Ryuhei Matsuda
Sozaburo Kano
Tadanobu Asano
Hyozo Tashiro
Yōichi Sai
Isami Kondo
- Shinji Takeda — Okita Sōji
- Susumu Terajima — Spy
- Tomorowo Taguchi — Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa
- Yoji Tanaka — Samurai executed by Kanô
- Kei Satō — Narrator (voice)
- Jiro Sakagami
- Eve Masatoh
- Yoshiaki Fujiwara
- Kenichi Urata
- Shun Sugata
- Yuji Yamazaki
- Directed
- Nagisa Ōshima
- Written
- Nagisa Ōshima
Production
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 · 128 ratings
- Studio
- Oshima Productions, Shochiku, KADOKAWA Shoten, IMAGICA, BS Asahi, Eisei Gekijo
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
