
08 Apr 2017

The Blue Hearts
Six directors picked a favorite song by Japanese punk rock band "The Blue Hearts" and made a short film inspired by the song.

Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them.

Kanichiro Yoshimura

Hajime Saito

Shizu / Mitsu

Chiaki Ono

Nui

Jiroemon Ohno

Okita Soji

Young Chiaki Ono

Shûhei Kondô

Yasunoshin Shinohara

Hijikata Toshizō

Shinpachi Nagakura

Yoshinobu Tokugawa
Young Mitsu Yoshimura

Kashitaro Itô

Isami Kondô
Sonoyama

Kaichirô Yoshimura


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