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Ao no Hono (Special Edition) (Japan Version)
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Customer Rating: Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10 (3)

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Get ready to get entangled by Ninagawa Yukio's unusual teenager movie "Ao no Hono" that offers you the hot sights of J-pop artists like Arashi 's Ninomiya Kazunari, & Matsuura Aya as well as J-actress Suzuki An!

The story talks about a woman and her family that are terrorized by her divorced husband who returns out of the blue after ten years. Ninomiya Kazunari plays the 17-year old student Shuichi who takes desperate measures to save his family from the on-going threats of his step-father …

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Product Title: Ao no Hono (Special Edition) (Japan Version) 青之炎 (特別版) (日本版) Ao no Hono (Special Edition) (Japan Version) 青の炎 特別版 Ao no Hono (Special Edition) (Japan Version)
Artist Name(s): Takenaka Naoto | Suzuki Anne | Matsuura Aya | Ninomiya Kazunari | Akiyoshi Kumiko | Nakamura Baijyaku | Karasawa Toshiaki 竹中直人 | 鈴木杏 | 松浦亞彌 | 二宮和也 | 秋吉久美子 | 中村梅雀 | 唐澤壽明 竹中直人 | 铃木杏 | 松浦亚弥 | 二宫和也 | 秋吉久美子 | 中村梅雀 | 唐泽寿明 竹中直人 | 鈴木杏 | 松浦亜弥 | 二宮和也 | 秋吉久美子 | 中村梅雀 | 山本寛斎 | 唐沢寿明 Takenaka Naoto | Suzuki Anne | Matsuura Aya | Ninomiya Kazunari | Akiyoshi Kumiko | Nakamura Baijyaku | Karasawa Toshiaki
Director: Ninagawa Yukio 蜷川幸雄 蜷川幸雄 蜷川幸雄 Ninagawa Yukio
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Release Date: 2003-09-26
Publisher Product Code: KABD-571
Language: Japanese
Country of Origin: Japan
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 2 - Japan, Europe, South Africa, Greenland and the Middle East (including Egypt) What is it?
Publisher: Kadokawa Shoten
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1002852778

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タイトル:青の炎: 特別版
出演:二宮和也／松浦亜弥／鈴木杏／山本寛斎／中村梅雀／秋吉久美子／唐沢寿明／竹中直人
監督:蜷川幸雄

超人気アイドルの二宮和也＆松浦亜弥主演！人気作家・貴志祐介のベストセラー小説を、演劇界の巨匠・蜷川幸雄が映画化！

17歳の高校生・秀一は母と妹の3人暮らしを楽しく送っていた。そんなある日、10年前に母が再婚してすぐに別れたかつての義父・曽根が転がり込み、傍若無人に振る舞う。さらに、母と妹に暴力まで振るう。弁護士に相談するが、法律では義父を追い出せないと知った秀一は、インターネットで情報を収集し、完ぺきな義父殺害計画を立てる。ガールフレンドの紀子に不審に思われていたが、秀一はアリバイ工作を行い、いよいよ計画を実行するが…。
人気アイドルの二宮和也（嵐）と松浦亜弥主演による青春クライム・サスペンス。原作は「黒い家」の貴志祐介によるベストセラー小説。演劇界の巨匠・蜷川幸雄が21年ぶりにメガホンをとった他、音楽を東儀秀樹が担当。また、ファッションデザイナーとして有名な山本寛斎が義父役で登場するなど異色のキャストが話題となった。なお、本作は特典DISC付きの特別版である。
■特典DISC
・スタッフ＆キャストプロフィール
・特報
・予告編
・TVCM
・制作発表
・完成披露試写
・テレビ朝日特番"課外授業"
・メイキング蜷川幸雄監督編
・"蜷川×二宮"特別対談
・未公開カット集

■映像特典：特典DISC付

テクニカル・インフォメーション
色:カラー
画面:16：9／4：3（LB）
言語／音声:日本語：DD（ステレオ）／日本語：DD（5.1chサラウンド）

その他の情報
製作年:2002
備考:2枚組
日本小売価格:￥4700
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Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10 (3)

Anonymous

June 22, 2005
overwhelmed Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
Beautiful but drastically sad movie.
Ninomiya Kazunari's acting is really great.
just cannot help but reminding Shuichi, after weeks later
His appearance gose quite well with Shuichi's character ...sensitive, overburdened and brilliant.
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Anonymous

September 23, 2003
A Gripping Suspense Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
It looks like that Japanese film industry has managed to achieve in making many kind suspense thriller films that grips you until the end. You really don't need to watch scary dead people coming back to life to make a good suspense, like this film. Ao no Hono depicts a very realistic plot about a boy who murdered his abusive step father, which in reality this kind of situation can occur. It's really scary in a sense of observing the murder master mind is a young teenager who could have thought that kind of plan to kill and deceive everybody including the loved ones. My kowtow goes to Kazunori Ninomiya (member of Japanese boy band, Arashi)who managed to bring a much intricated character like Shuichi(the lead character) into the screen almost in perfection. Maybe Ao no Hono is not the kind of thriller that can create goosebumps like J-horror film, but it is enough to take you on the edge of your seat to know what's going to happen if Shuichi's crime can be discovered. Watching this film does not waste your penny and time.
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Anonymous

September 19, 2003
Beautifully crafted suspense. Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
The film depicts a story about a young boy, Shuichi (Nino)who got fed up with his abusive stepfather. One day he saw a blue light in a screen television which gave him an idea to orchestrate a murder of his step father. The suspense started to heat up during the police investigation and how Shuichi tried to outsmart the police, how he strived so hard to hide his emotion of feeling guilty and yet satisfied with the deed he had done. However, Shuichi's crime did not just stop there. It continued when his close friend blackmailed him. With his ingenious mind Shuichi managed to commit another murder.

I believe this is the first time I saw Nino of Arashi got challenged in his acting skill as a very complex boy who has a very intricated life he has to deal. Surprisingly he did it very well giving him a well deserved praised for playing Shuichi, the disturbed boy who is full of vengeance toward his step father. Ao no Hono is beautfully crafted suspense-drama for everyone who enjoys this kind of film. The film is quite heavy, even though you have eye candy casts, namely Nino, Aya Matsuura, Toshiaki Karasawa etc. I should say that it's better to pay attention to their acting skills rather than just looking at them. So, give yourself a chance to watch this film. It's good but not entertaining.

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