Still image from the Japanese animated feature film Blue Giant. Main character Dai Miyamoto plays a gold saxophone with the sun shining through a window on to him and the instrument.

Film

CAF 2024: Blue Giant (12A)

  • 2h 0m

Attributes

  • Duration 2h 0m

Japan | 120 mins | 12a | Dir. Yuzuru Tachikawa | Japanese with English subtitles


Dai Miyamoto’s life changes when he discovers jazz. He picks up a tenor saxophone and practices every day. After leaving his hometown Sendai, he pursues a music career in Tokyo with the help of his friend Shunji. One day, Dai plays passionately from the heart and convinces talented pianist Yukinori to start a band together. Along with Shunji, a beginner drummer, they form JASS. With each live performance, they get closer and closer to performing at So Blue, the most famous jazz club in Japan, in hopes of forever changing the world of jazz.

Based on the manga by Shinichi Ishizuka, Blue Giant from Yuzuru Tachikawa is a moving ode to the power of jazz with original music by HIROMI.

Content Warning:

Moderate injury detail, sex references.

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