Japan / Jan 01, 1996
Blue Hearts (1996)
Laugh or I'll set you on fire!
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Tetsu Umekawa is a member of a motorcycle gang in Oita, who spends his time playing thinner with his delinquent friends and bullying the top students. With his natural good sense of timing, he rises through the ranks of the bikers and starts dating a beautiful girl, but this is short-lived, as one setback after another hits him. Disgusted with his hometown, Tetsu moves to Tokyo in a fit of pique. He moves in with his brother, a successful professional boxer. However, he rebels against his brother, who leads a stoic life in order to keep winning, and ends up becoming a henchman of the yakuza. Tetsu leads a lazy life, but then he learns that his brother has died during a match...
Main cast
Full cast
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Blue Hearts |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Toru Anayama Production |
| Release date | 1 gennaio 1996 |
| Production | Kaoru Hirose |
| Writer | Tetsuya Hirosaki |
| Editing | Tetsuya Hirosaki |
| Cinematography | Ryuichi Nakajima |
| Assistant directors | Shigeki Kageyama, Tetsuya Hirosaki |
| Lighting | Ryuichi Nakajima |
| Camera operators | Ryuichi Nakajima |
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| Additional photography | Ryuichi Nakajima |
| Music | Takahiro Marume, Ryuichi Nakajima |
| Sound | Ryuichi Nakajima, Takahiro Marume |
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