Ao no Honō

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Ao no Honō
Directed by Yukio Ninagawa
Produced by Tsuguhiko Kadokawa
Tamotsu Shiina
Written by Yukio Ninagawa (screenplay)
Takuya Miyawaki (screenplay)
Yūsuke Kishi (novel)
Starring Kazunari Ninomiya
Anne Suzuki
Aya Matsuura
Kumiko Akiyoshi
Music by Hideki Tougi
Cinematography Osamu Fujiishi
Editing by Akimasa Kawashima
Distributed by Toho
Release date(s) 2003
Running time 116 min.
Country Japan
Language Japanese
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Ao no Honō (青の炎 The Blue Light?) is a 2003 Japanese film directed by Yukio Ninagawa. It stars Ninomiya Kazunari (of the musical group Arashi) as Shūichi, a high school boy dealing with an abusive stepfather ruining his family. The film also stars Anne Suzuki as Shūichi's sister and Aya Matsuura as his girlfriend.

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Shūichi Kushimori is a 17-year-old high school student who lives happily with his mother and stepsister.

One day, without warning, his estranged stepfather returns home from a long absence. He quickly falls into a circle of drinking and starts abusing his ex-wife and daughter.

When he begins making sexual advances towards Shūichi’s stepsister, Shūichi is compelled to take matters into his own hands.

Based on Yūsuke Kishi's novel of the same name.

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