Yukio Ninagawa's The Blue Light (2003) isn't particularly original, but is a well-executed teen angst story about a troubled teenage boy. It is much darker than your usual teen heartthrob-centered film. It stars two pop stars, Kazunari Ninomiya and Aya Matsuura, and is set in picturesque Kamakura. However, I feel as though many of the film's themes have been dealt with better in films like Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Bright Future and Shunji Iwai's Lily Chou Chou. That being said, it is a very competent take on this type of film.
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