Night's Tightrope

Night's Tightrope
Theatrical release poster
Directed byYukiko Mishima
Written byKana Matsui
Yukiko Mishima
Based on
Shōjo
by Kanae Minato
Produced by
  • Kiyokazu Ishizuka
  • Hiroaki Saito
  • Yuki Seike
StarringTsubasa Honda
Mizuki Yamamoto
Mackenyu
Ryō Satō
Kazuya Kojima
Goro Inagaki
CinematographyYuta Tsukinaga
Edited byHitomi Kato
Music byMasahiro Hiramoto
Production
companies
Distributed byToei
Release date
  • 8 October 2016 (2016-10-08) (Japan)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Night's Tightrope, known in Japan as Shōjo (Japanese: 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 pediatrics 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

References

  1. ↑ "少女". movie walker. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ "MOSHI MOSHI NIPPON interview Japan's flagship rockers GLIM SPANKY on their music". Moshi Moshi Nippon. 2017-08-08. Archived from the original on 2018-12-29. Retrieved 2019-01-07.