The official website for the upcoming live-action film adaptation of Tsubasa Yamaguchi’s coming-of-age manga Blue Period released a final trailer today. The two-minute clip features the film’s insert song “Doukeiga” (“Longing Picture”) performed by singer Yujin Aramaki. The song was newly co-written by Aramaki and the film’s soundtrack composer, Yaffle (composer/arranger Yuki Kojima’s solo project).
Additionally, a “Making of ‘Blue Period'” clip, which includes interviews with the cast, is now available on Warner Bros. Japan’s official YouTube channel.
Main poster visual
The Kentaro Hagiwara (Tokyo Ghoul live-action film)-directed film is set to open in Japan tomorrow, August 9, 2024. Gordon Maeda, a son of Japanese martial art actor Sonny Chiba, is cats as the protagonist, Yatora Yaguchi. The original Blue Period manga has been serialized since 2017 in Kodansha’s Monthly Afternoon seinen manga magazine, and a total of 15 collected volumes for the series have been published in Japan. The series has previously been adapted into a TV anime in 2021 and a stage-play in 2022. An English language version of the manga is also available from Kodansha USA, who describe the story as follows:
Winner of the 2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize! A manga about the struggles and rewards of a life dedicated to art. The studious Yatora leaves a dry life of study and good manners behind for a new passion: painting. But untethering yourself from all your past expectations is dangerous as well as thrilling…
Sources: “Blue Period” live-action film official website, Warner Bros. Japan’s official YouTube channel.©Tsubasa Yamaguchi/KODANSHA ©2024 MOVIIE “Blue Period” Production Committee
