Blue Wind Blows

Story

Synopsis

‘My dad saw a monster here. When he was a kid.’ · ‘A monster?’ · ‘Yeah, a monster. It moves between this world and the next.’ Ao lives with his mother and little sister Kii on Sado Island in Japan. He misses his father, who recently disappeared without a trace – although not much is spoken about it. While their mother tries to deal with the loss in her own way, Ao and Kii run across the island and scream at the ocean. In the mysterious Sayoko, who inconspicuously swipes books from the school library, Ao finds a confidant. Few words are needed between the two reticent, dreamy children: together, they at once feel less alone. Against the striking backdrop of an industrialised coastal town, Tetsuya Tomina's poetic film tells a tale of dreams, loss and monsters.

Director

Tetsuya Tomina

Writers

Tetsuya Tomina

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

Release date

26 February 2018

Ensemble

Cast

• Hizuki Tanaka

  Ao

• Yayako Uchida

  Midori

• Tsubaki Tanaka

  Kii

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  Masato Hagiwara

  Asano

• Kaiji Moriyama

  Kimura

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  Ninon

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  Yuuya Uchida

  Michio Mukoda